Avon River (Bay of Fundy)
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| location | Hants , Kings , Lunenburg County in Nova Scotia (Canada) | |
| River system | Avon River | |
| origin | Card Lake 44 ° 44 ′ 55 ″ N , 64 ° 16 ′ 16 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 145 m | |
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Minas Basin Coordinates: 45 ° 7 ′ 9 ″ N , 64 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ W 45 ° 7 ′ 9 ″ N , 64 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 145 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.4 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 60 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 1300 km² | |
| Left tributaries | West Branch Avon River | |
| Right tributaries | St. Croix River , Kennetcook River , Cogmagun River | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Mockingee Lake, Falls Lake | |
| Small towns | Windsor | |
| Communities | Hantsport | |
The Avon River is a tributary of the Bay of Fundy in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia .
The Avon River has its origin in the ridge of the South Mountain in the central south of the Nova Scotia peninsula . It forms the drain of the Card Lake reservoir . The Avon River flows in a predominantly northerly direction. Mockingee Lake and Falls Lake form a dammed continuous body of water on the middle reaches of the Avon River. Below the Falls River, a pressure pipe leads to a hydroelectric power station. The Nova Scotia Highway 14 follows the river. At Windsor Forks , the West Branch Avon River flows into the river on the left. At Windsor , the St. Croix River meets the Avon River from the right. Further downstream, the Kennetcook River and the Cogmagun River flow , both from the right. Hantsport is located on the west bank of the Avon River, just before it flows into the Minas Basin , the northeasternmost part of the Bay of Fundy. The Avon River has a length of almost 60 km.
In 1970 a road embankment, the Avon River Causeway , was completed at Windsor above the confluence of the St. Croix River across the lower reaches of the Avon River. The Nova Scotia Highway 101 leads over this . A discharge control structure regulates the water flow. The estuary lies on a bay with one of the highest tidal ranges , which leads to two tidal waves per day. These are now hindered by the structure. As a result, large areas of mud have formed in the mouth of the Avon River.
In the river comes Atlantic salmon and American eel before. Their stocks have declined sharply in recent years. The construction of the Avon River Causeway and the resulting changes in the flow behavior of the Avon River are seen as a major cause.