Black Bear River

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Black Bear River
Data
location Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
River system Black Bear River
Headwaters Inland hilly area
53 ° 11 ′ 25 ″  N , 56 ° 33 ′ 54 ″  W
Source height approx.  180  m
muzzle Black Bear Bay ( Labrador Sea ) coordinates: 53 ° 18 ′ 1 "  N , 55 ° 55 ′ 20"  W 53 ° 18 ′ 1 "  N , 55 ° 55 ′ 20"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 180 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.3 ‰
length approx. 54 km
Catchment area 645 km²
Flowing lakes Black Bear River Pond

The Black Bear River (English for "Black Bear River") is an approximately 54 km long tributary of the Labrador Sea in the south east of Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

The Black Bear River rises in a hilly country inland at an altitude of about 180  m . From there it flows mainly in an easterly direction to the sea. Between river kilometers 19 and 12 it flows through the 7.7 km long Black Bear River Pond . Eventually he reached the head of Black Bear Bay , a 9 km deep bay on the eastern Labrador coast. The Black Bear River drains an area of ​​645 km². In the catchment area of the Black Bear River mainly grown black spruce . The catchment area borders in the northwest on that of the Sand Hill River and in the southwest on that of the Hawke River .

Fish fauna

Atlantic salmon and brook trout are found in the Black Bear River . The salmon stock in the river system is considered "not endangered". There are no insurmountable obstacles for migratory fish on the river. Other fish species that probably occur in the Black Bear River are: three-spined and nine-spined stickleback and American eel and the Redhorse -Art Catostomus commersonii (White sucker).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e TC Anderson: The Rivers of Labrador (PDF, 9.5 MB) Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81. p. 75. 1985. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ NASCO Rivers Database Report (PDF, 1.4 MB) North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO). Retrieved November 22, 2018.