Cochrane River

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Cochrane River
Data
location Saskatchewan , Manitoba ( Canada )
River system Churchill River
Drain over Reindeer River  → Churchill River  → Hudson Bay
source North end of Wollaston Lake
58 ° 48 ′ 7 ″  N , 102 ° 48 ′ 39 ″  W
Source height 398  m
muzzle Reindeer Lake Coordinates: 57 ° 53 ′ 5 "  N , 101 ° 34 ′ 14"  W 57 ° 53 ′ 5 "  N , 101 ° 34 ′ 14"  W.
Mouth height 337  m
Height difference 61 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.24 ‰
length approx. 250 km
Catchment area approx. 28,400 km²
Flowing lakes Charcoal Lake , Misty Lake , Lac Brochet

Cochrane River is an approximately 250 km long river in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba .

It drains Wollaston Lake northeast to Charcoal Lake . It flows a little further northeast before changing its orientation to the south and flowing through Misty Lake and Lac Brochet . Eventually he reached Reindeer Lake at its northern end. Thus it belongs to the catchment area of the Churchill River . Its catchment area is around 28,400 km², its mean discharge is 167 m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Lakes
  2. ↑ a b Cochrane River at the gauge near Brochet - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET