Little Southwest Miramichi River
| Little Southwest Miramichi River | ||
 Flaherty's pitch at river kilometer 55 |
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| Data | ||
| location | New Brunswick ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Miramichi River | |
| Drain over | Northwest Miramichi River → Miramichi River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin | Gover Lake 47 ° 2 ′ 23 ″ N , 66 ° 43 ′ 10 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 380 m | |
| muzzle |
Northwest Miramichi River Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 43 " N , 65 ° 49 ′ 29" W 46 ° 56 ′ 43 " N , 65 ° 49 ′ 29" W |
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| Mouth height | approx. 5 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 375 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 3.8 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 100 km | |
| Catchment area | 1342 km² | |
| Discharge at the Lyttleton A Eo gauge : 1340 km² Location: 10 km above the estuary |
MQ 1952/2015 Mq 1952/2015 |
33.3 m³ / s 24.9 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | North Pole Stream , Lower North Branch, Little Southwest Miramichi River | |
| Right tributaries | West Branch Little Southwest Miramichi River, Tuadook River | |
The Little Southwest Miramichi River is an approximately 100 km long right tributary of the Northwest Miramichi River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick .
River course
The Little Southwest Miramichi River forms the drain of the 380 m high Gover Lake in western Northumberland County . It flows mainly in an easterly direction. In the upper reaches it includes the West Branch Little Southwest Miramichi River and the Tuadook River (both from right). In the middle reaches the North Pole Stream at river km 70 and the Lower North Branch Little Southwest Miramichi River at river km 49 , both coming from the northwest. This finally reaches the lower reaches of the Northwest Miramichi River, 20 km above its junction with the Southwest Miramichi River to the Miramichi River .
Atlantic salmon are found in the Little Southwest Miramichi River system .
Hydrology
The catchment area of the Little Southwest Miramichi River covers 1,342 km². The mean discharge 10 km above the mouth is 33.3 m³ / s. In the months of April and May, the river carries the greatest discharge volume with an average of 74.4 and 101 m³ / s, respectively.
Web links
- Little Southwest Miramichi River at Natural Resources Canada
- Little Southwest Miramichi Key Plan - Sketches of the River Course
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Our Watershed . Miramichi Watershed Management Committee. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ A b c Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 01BP001