Kazan River
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Kazan River Harvaqtuuq |
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 Kazan Falls on the lower reaches |
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| Data | ||
| location | Saskatchewan , Nunavut ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Kazan River | |
| source |
Kasba Lake 60 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 102 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 336 m | |
| muzzle |
Baker Lake Coordinates: 64 ° 2 ′ 30 " N , 95 ° 29 ′ 4" W 64 ° 2 ′ 30 " N , 95 ° 29 ′ 4" W |
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| Mouth height | 2 m | |
| Height difference | 334 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.46 ‰ | |
| length | 732 km | |
| Catchment area | 71,500 km² | |
| Outflow at the gauge at the outflow of Ennadai Lake A Eo : 21,400 km² |
MQ 1963/2000 Mq 1963/2000 |
134 m³ / s 6.3 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the gauge above Kazan Falls A Eo : 70,000 km² |
MQ 1965/2002 Mq 1965/2002 |
438 m³ / s 6.3 l / (s km²) |
| Drain |
MQ |
540 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Kunwak River | |
| Flowing lakes | Ennadai Lake , Angikuni Lake , Yathkyed Lake | |
The Kazan River ( Inuit language: Harvaqtuuq ) is a river in Nunavut ( Canada ).
Measured from the end of Ennadai Lake, the river length is 732 km. The Kazan River has its origin in northern Saskatchewan and flows north to its confluence with Baker Lake , which drains to Chesterfield Inlet . There are several lakes along its course, including Ennadai Lake , Angikuni Lake and Yathkyed Lake , as well as the 25 m high Kazan Falls . The river region is characterized by taiga and tundra . The lowest section of the Kazan River - below Ennadai Lake - which is still south of the tree line , is listed as the Canadian Heritage River . The section of the Kazan River in the Baker Lake area is of particular importance as a winter camp for the Inuit living in the country. Therefore, the area was declared a National Historic Site of Canada on July 6, 1995 .
fauna and Flora
Although a range of animal species can be seen along the river, the area is famous for its barrenground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus ) (the Qamanirjuaq and Beverly herds). Over 300,000 caribou cross the region. It is the largest land animal migration. Other wildlife to be seen here include musk ox , wolverine , peregrine falcon, and many species of fish.
history
Archaeological finds show that the Kazan River has been known to the Inuit and Dene for 7,000 years. On June 30, 1770, the English explorer Samuel Hearne was the first European to come to the river, which he called Cathawhachaga , which, according to Joseph Tyrrell, describes a place where "there is plenty of fish in the river". Tyrrell was the first to map the river in 1894. The Danish-Greenlandic ethnologist Knud Rasmussen visited the Inuit on the Kazan River in 1922 on his fifth Thule expedition .
Recreational use
The river is becoming more and more important as a tourist destination for kayakers and canoeists .
literature
- Keith, Darren. Inuit place names and land-use history on the Harvaqtuuq (Kazan River), Nunavut Territory . Thesis (MA) - McGill University, 2000, 2000. ISBN 0612641627
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Kazan River at the gauge at the outflow of Ennadai Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Kazan River at the gauge above Kazan Falls - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Nunavut: Heritage Rivers ( Memento of January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Case of Caribou Crossing National Historic Site of Canada. In: Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved October 31, 2014 .
- ↑ CB Sikstrom: The Naming of Kazan River, Nunavut, Canada (PDF; 439 kB). In: Arctic Vol. 65, No. 4, 2012, pp. 433-438. doi : 10.14430 / arctic4241
- ↑ Knud Rasmussen: Observations on the intellectual culture of the Hudson Bay Eskimos , Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1930