Dauphin River
| Dauphin River | ||
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| Data | ||
| location | Manitoba ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Nelson River | |
| Drain over | Nelson River → Hudson Bay | |
| origin |
Lake St. Martin 51 ° 49 ′ 33 " N , 98 ° 18 ′ 37" W. |
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| muzzle |
Winnipegsee coordinates: 51 ° 57 '39 " N , 98 ° 3' 31" W 51 ° 57 '39 " N , 98 ° 3' 31" W. |
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| Mouth height |
217 m
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| length | 45 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 82,400 km² | |
| Discharge at the Dauphin River A Eo gauge: 82,400 km² |
MQ 1977/2000 Mq 1977/2000 |
68 m³ / s 0.8 l / (s km²) |
The Dauphin River is a river in the Canadian province of Manitoba .
The Dauphin River forms part of the river route between Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg . The Fairford River forms the drain of Lake Manitoba and flows from Portage Bay to Lake St. Martin . From this the Dauphin River then flows in a north-easterly direction to Lake Winnipeg. The Manitoba Provincial Road 513 runs largely parallel to these two rivers.
In 1739, François de La Vérendrye , a son of the Canadian explorer and officer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye , discovered this river and gave it the name Dauphin , in honor of Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon , the elder son of Louis XV. , King of France and Navarre, and his wife Maria Leszczyńska .
Since 1977 a hydrometric station of the Water Survey of Canada has been located on the Dauphin River near the Dauphin River settlement ( ⊙ ). The catchment area upstream of the measuring station is approximately 82,400 km². In addition, part of the water of the Assiniboine River near Portage la Prairie is fed to this catchment area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dauphin River at the Dauphin River gauge - hydrographic data at R-ArcticNET