Coppermine River
| Coppermine River | ||
 Canoe in the Rocky Defile Rapids |
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| Data | ||
| location | Northwest Territories , Nunavut ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Coppermine River | |
| origin |
Lac de Gras 64 ° 35 ′ 9 ″ N , 111 ° 11 ′ 44 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 396 m | |
| muzzle |
Coronation Gulf Coordinates: 67 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ N , 115 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ W 67 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ N , 115 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 396 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.47 ‰ | |
| length | 845 km | |
| Runoff at the gauge below Desteffany Lake |
MQ 1998/2000 |
29 m³ / s |
| Outflow at the gauge at the outlet of Point Lake A Eo : 19,300 km² |
MQ 1965/2000 Mq 1965/2000 |
108 m³ / s 5.6 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the gauge above Copper Creek A Eo : 46,800 km² |
MQ 1987/2002 Mq 1987/2002 |
263 m³ / s 5.6 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the gauge above Bloody Falls A Eo : 50,700 km² |
MQ Mq |
338 m³ / s 6.7 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Kendall River | |
| Right tributaries | Fairy Lake River | |
| Flowing lakes | Lac de Gras , Point Lake , Redrock Lake , Rocknest Lake | |
| Communities | Kugluktuk | |
The Coppermine River is a river located in the Canadian provinces of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut .
Surname
The river got its name from the copper deposits on its lower reaches.
geography
The source of the Coppermine River is at Lac de Gras . From there it flows in a generally northerly direction to the Coronation Gulf , a bay in the Arctic Ocean. The village of Kugluktuk (formerly called Coppermine) is located near the river mouth.
history
Samuel Hearne explored the Coppermine River in 1771, traveled to its mouth and was the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean by land. The Bloody Falls massacre, described by Hearne, took place at the Bloody Falls . In the Coppermine Expedition from 1819-1822 Sir John Franklin explored the mouth of the Coppermine River.
geology
Lava eruptions near the Coppermine River created an extensive volcanic plateau about 1,200 million years ago with an area of about 170,000 km² and a lava volume of at least 500,000 km³. This lava was formed simultaneously with the great Muskox intrusion and the extensive Mackenzie Dike Swarm to the southeast. It is believed to originate from a mantle plume center , the Mackenzie Hotspot .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Coppermine River at the gauge below Desteffany Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Coppermine River at the gauge at the outlet of Point Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Coppermine River at the gauge above Copper Creek - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Coppermine River at the gauge above Bloody Falls - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET