Hawke River
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| location | Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) | |
| River system | Hawke River | |
| Confluence of | Mountain Brook and Main Brook 52 ° 53 '42 " N , 56 ° 42' 23" W. |
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| Source height | approx. 125 m | |
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Hawke Bay , Labrador Sea Coordinates: 53 ° 2 '8 " N , 56 ° 11' 15" W 53 ° 2 '8 " N , 56 ° 11' 15" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 125 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.3 ‰ | |
| length | 54 km (with source river Main Brook: 90 km) | |
| Catchment area | 1891 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Beaver Brook, Western Feeder, Northwest Feeder | |
| Right tributaries | Southwest Feeder | |
The Hawke River is a 54 km long tributary of the Labrador Sea in the southeast of the Labrador Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .
River course
The Hawke River arises at the confluence of its two source rivers Mountain Brook and Main Brook at an altitude of about 125 m . It initially flows 10 km to the southeast. Then it turns towards the north-northeast and finally it flows towards the east-northeast. Major tributaries of the Hawke River are Southwest Feeder from the right and Beaver Brook , Western Feeder, and Northwest Feeder from the left. The Hawke River flows into the head end of the northern arm of the elongated fjord-like Hawke Bay . The estuary is 19 miles north of the Charlottetown parish . Hawke Harbor is located 25 km east of the mouth at the exit of the bay on Hawke Island . Including the right source river Main Brook , the total length is 90 km. The two source rivers arise in a hilly area at about 400 m . The Trans-Labrador Highway ( Route 510 ) runs five miles south of the upper reaches of the Main Brook . The catchment area of the Hawke River covers 1891 km². The hills are covered with forests of black pine and balsam fir .
Fish fauna
Atlantic salmon and the non-anadromous form of brook trout occur in the Hawke River .
Web links
- Hawke River at Natural Resources Canada
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d TC Anderson: The Rivers of Labrador (PDF, 9.5 MB) Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81, p. 62, 1985. Accessed September 27, 2018.