Beaver River (Grand Lake)

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Beaver River
Mitinissiu-shipu
Data
location Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
River system North West River
Drain over North West River  → Atlantic Ocean
Headwaters 10 km east-southeast of Hope Lake
53 ° 44 ′ 50 ″  N , 62 ° 9 ′ 22 ″  W
Source height approx.  670  m
muzzle Grand Lake Coordinates: 53 ° 44 ′ 10 "  N , 60 ° 56 ′ 39"  W 53 ° 44 ′ 10 "  N , 60 ° 56 ′ 39"  W
Mouth height approx.  10  m
Height difference approx. 660 m
Bottom slope about 6 ‰
length approx. 110 km
Catchment area 1878 km²
Right tributaries Riley River

The Beaver River (English for " beaver river") or Mitinissiu-shipu (the name of the Innu or the Naskapi ) is an approximately 110 km long river in the east of the Labrador Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador belonging to the sub-province of Labrador .

River course

The Beaver River rises on the central Labrador plateau 10 km east-southeast of Hope Lake at an altitude of 670  m . The Beaver River flows mainly in an easterly direction and finally flows into the western end of Grand Lake . The catchment area covers 1878 km². Atlantic salmon are found in the Beaver River .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c TC Anderson: The Rivers of Labrador (PDF, 9.5 MB) Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81. p. 182. 1985. Accessed September 5, 2018.