Cache River (Churchill River)

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Cache River
Anikutshash-shipiss
Data
location Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
River system Churchill River
Drain over Churchill River  → Atlantic Ocean
origin nameless lake, 1.8 km north of the Trans-Labrador Highway
53 ° 18 ′ 20 ″  N , 62 ° 30 ′ 27 ″  W
Source height approx.  470  m
muzzle Churchill River Coordinates: 53 ° 4 '35 "  N , 62 ° 13' 9"  W 53 ° 4 '35 "  N , 62 ° 13' 9"  W.
Mouth height approx.  90  m
Height difference approx. 380 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.1 ‰
length approx. 75 km
Catchment area approx. 1040 km²
Flowing lakes Anikutshash-nipi

The Cache River , also Anikutshash-shipiss , is an approximately 75 km long left tributary of the Churchill River in the central southeast of the Labrador Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

The Cache River has its origin in a nameless lake about 470  m high, 1.8 km north of the Trans-Labrador Highway . From there it initially flows 20 km to the northeast, where it flows through an elongated lake. The Cache River then turns east 10 km and finally changes direction south. Lake Anikutshash-nipi is located on the river at 30 km . At river km 17.5 the Trans-Labrador Highway crosses the Cache River. This finally flows into the Churchill River almost 100 km west-southwest of the Muskrat Falls . The Cache River drains an area of ​​approximately 1070 km². The catchment area borders on that of the Metchin River to the west and that of the Pinus River to the north and east .

Wildlife

In the river system of the Cache River probably following types of fish: three-spined and nine-spined stickleback , brook trout , pike , Arctic Norway , Catostomus Catostomus (longnose sucker) and Catostomus commersonii (white sucker). The Muskrat Falls on the Churchill River prevent fish migration of anadromous salmon in the Cache River. Beavers , muskrats , American water shrews and North American river otters use the river as a habitat. In the wetlands there are Wilsonbe Cassins , Greater Yellowshanks , Sandpipers , Lone Sandpipers , Odin's Grouse and Lesser Mudstripers .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Water Quality Station Profile, Station #: NF03OE0037, CACHE RIVER AT TLH . Environment and Conservation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador - Canada. Retrieved November 29, 2018.