Kingurutik River

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Kingurutik River
Data
location Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
River system Kotannak Brook
Drain over Kotannak Brook  → Atlantic Ocean
origin Lake system near the border with Québec
57 ° 0 ′ 54 ″  N , 63 ° 39 ′ 33 ″  W
Source height approx.  540  m
muzzle Kingurutik Lake Coordinates: 56 ° 48 '59 "  N , 62 ° 33' 24"  W 56 ° 48 '59 "  N , 62 ° 33' 24"  W.
Mouth height approx.  2  m
Height difference approx. 538 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.8 ‰
length approx. 112 km
Catchment area 4157 km² (based on the mouth of the Kotannak Brook)

The Kingurutik River is an approximately 112 km long river in the north of Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

The Kingurutik River forms the outflow of a system of lakes about 540  m high not far from the provincial border with Québec . The river initially flows about 35 km in a predominantly east-northeast direction. At Siamarni Forks at river kilometer 78, two larger nameless rivers flow into the Kingurutik River on the left. The Kingurutik River then turns towards east-southeast. The runoff from Esker Lake joins the river at 65 km from the north. The Kingurutik River eventually flows into the west bank of Kingurutik Lake . This is drained via the 2 km long Kotannak Brook ( ⊙ ) to the head of the fjord-like Tikkoatokak Bay . The catchment area of the entire river system (based on the mouth of the Kotannak Brook) covers 4157 km². In the south it borders on that of the Fraser River , in the north on that of the North River . The landscape through which the Kingurutik River flows is part of the High Subarctic Tundra ecoregion . The arctic char occurs in the Kingurutik River .

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c TC Anderson: The Rivers of Labrador (PDF, 9.5 MB) Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81. p. 133. 1985. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ High Subarctic Tundra - Kingurutik / Fraser . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Fisheries and Land Resources. Retrieved October 31, 2018.