Koukdjuak
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Koukdjuak Koukdjuak River, Rivière Koukdjuak |
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 The Koukdjuak in the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak |
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| Data | ||
| location | Baffin Island in Nunavut ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Koukdjuak | |
| origin |
Nettilling Lake 66 ° 34 ′ 48 ″ N , 71 ° 21 ′ 23 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 28 m | |
| muzzle | in the Foxe Basin Coordinates: 66 ° 44 '30 " N , 73 ° 3' 21" W 66 ° 44 '30 " N , 73 ° 3' 21" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 28 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.35 ‰ | |
| length | 80 km | |
| Catchment area | 108,000 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
590 m³ / s |
The Koukdjuak ( English Koukdjuak River , French Rivière Koukdjuak ) is a river on Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
It forms the drain of Nettilling Lake and pours into Foxe Basin . The Great Plain of Koukdjuak in the western part of Baffin Island along the Foxe Basin was named after him.
The first non- Inuit to travel the river was the German ornithologist Bernhard Hantzsch (1875–1911). The first to study it in detail was the Canadian arctic explorer and ornithologist Joseph Dewey Soper (1893-1982). The northern border of the Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary runs along the Koukdjuak. The river is important for the barren ground caribou , which have to cross it during their migration. Arctic char are caught in the river .
literature
- Kraft, Paul G. Caribou Tagging on the Koukdjuak River, Baffin Island, NWT A Summary and Analysis of Tag Returns . Yellowknife: NWT Wildlife Service, 1984. ISBN 0770871402
- Kristofferson, AH, RD Sopuck, and DK McGowan. Commercial Fishing Potential for Searun Arctic Charr, Koukdjuak River and Nettilling Lake, Northwest Territories . Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, no. 2120. Winnipeg: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 1991.
Individual evidence
- ^ Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations . canlii.org. Retrieved January 21, 2008.