Ellice River
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Ellice River Kuunnuaq |
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| location | Nunavut (Canada) | |
| River system | Ellice River | |
| source | 25 km east of Beechey Lake 65 ° 19 ′ 39 ″ N , 105 ° 53 ′ 55 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 320 m | |
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Queen Maud Gulf Coordinates: 68 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ N , 103 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W 68 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ N , 103 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 320 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.1 ‰ | |
| length | 287 km | |
| Catchment area | 16,900 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near the mouth of the A Eo : 16,900 km² |
MQ 1971/2000 Mq 1971/2000 |
83 m³ / s 4.9 l / (s km²) |
Ellice River ( Inuktitut : Kuunnuaq ) is a river in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut in Canada .
It has its origin about 25 km east of Beechey Lake . From there it flows north to the Queen Maud Gulf . There it flows into Campbell Bay .
The terrain between the Ellice River and Sherman Inlet is mostly flat marshland. Musk ox and barren ground caribou frequent the area.
The river was named in honor of Edward Ellice, Jr. named.
fauna
Arctic char occurs in the Ellice River . Large brent goose populations breed on the coastal islands off the mouth of the Ellice River.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ellice River at the gauge near the mouth - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ^ A b Birds of Perry River District , The Wilson Bulletin, unm. Edu, vol. 59, issue 4, December 1947 (PDF; 513 kB)
- ↑ Muskox / barren ground caribou combo hunt at Ellice River , hunts.net ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document - 2004/052 Status of Cambridge Bay Anadromous Arctic Char Stocks , AC Day, November 28, 2005, dfo-mpo.gc.ca
