Grand Codroy River

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Grand Codroy River
Route 406 bridge at the mouth of the Grand Codroy River north of Upper Ferry

Route 406 bridge at the mouth of the Grand Codroy River north of Upper Ferry

Data
location Newfoundland Island , Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
River system Grand Codroy River
Confluence of North Branch and South Branch
47 ° 54 ′ 56 "  N , 59 ° 2 ′ 12"  W.
Source height approx.  22  m
muzzle Codroy Estuary , Gulf of Saint Lawrence Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′ 7 "  N , 59 ° 14 ′ 19"  W 47 ° 51 ′ 7 "  N , 59 ° 14 ′ 19"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 22 m
Bottom slope approx. 1 ‰
length 21 km  (including North Branch and Estuary: 87 km)
Catchment area approx. 810 km²  (with regard to the estuary: approx. 970 km²)
Discharge at the gauge below Overfall Brook
A Eo : 724 km²
Location: 11 km above the mouth 		MQ
Mq
 		7.85 m³ / s
10.8 l / (s km²)
North Branch
location Newfoundland Island , Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
Headwaters nameless lake
47 ° 52 ′ 29 ″  N , 58 ° 39 ′ 45 ″  W
Source height approx.  510  m

length 58 km
Right tributaries Crooked Brook
Flowing lakes Kangaroo Pond
South Branch
location Newfoundland Island , Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
origin Sandy Pond
47 ° 51 '14 "  N , 58 ° 54' 32"  W.
Source height approx.  400  m

length 35 km
Flowing lakes Doughball Pond

The Grand Codroy River is a 21 km long tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in the extreme southwest of Newfoundland . Including the estuary and the headwaters of the North Branch , the total length is 87 km.

River course

The Grand Codroy River arises at the confluence of its two headwaters, North Branch and South Branch . It flows 16 km in a southwesterly direction before turning west. The Trans-Canada Highway, which runs further south, follows the course of the river. Above the estuary is a wetland on the Grand Codroy River. Here is the Grand Codroy Provincial Park Reserve on the south bank . In the last eight kilometers, the river widens and forms an estuary . Route 406 crosses the river or estuary at the level of Upper Ferry . The Codroy Valley Provincial Park stretches along the spit between the estuary and the sea . The Grand Codroy River drains an area of ​​approximately 810 km². The catchment area of the estuary is approximately 970 km². The mean discharge at the gauge 11 km above the mouth is 7.85 m³ / s.

Wildlife

The salmon population in the Grand Codroy River system is considered "not threatened". In the river probably following types of fish: brook trout , Arctic Norway , American eel , Three-spined , nine-spined and blackspotted stickleback , lake trout and Fundulus diaphanus (Banded killifish) and Fundulus heteroclitus (Mummichog). Other typical aquatic inhabitants are the Canadian beaver , muskrat , North American river otter and American mink .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Water Quality Station Profile, Station #: NF02ZA0006, GRAND CODROY RIVER BELOW OVERFALL BROOK . Environment and Conservation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador - Canada. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ NASCO Rivers Database Report (PDF, 1.4 MB) North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO). Retrieved November 22, 2018.