Matthieu River

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Matthieu River
Data
location Saint Paul , Dominica
River system Layou River
Drain over Layou River  → Caribbean Sea
source On the southern slope of Mosquito Mountain
15 ° 27 ′ 5 ″  N , 61 ° 22 ′ 49 ″  W
Source height approx.  470  m
muzzle At D Leau Matthieu in the Layou River coordinates: 15 ° 25 ′ 30 ″  N , 61 ° 22 ′ 46 ″  W 15 ° 25 ′ 30 ″  N , 61 ° 22 ′ 46 ″  W.
Mouth height 150  m
Height difference approx. 320 m

The Matthieu River is a river in western Dominica in the Parish Saint Joseph .

geography

The Matthieu River rises on the southern slope of Mosquito Mountain near McFarlin , near the sources of the Rivière Bway (O), or the Macoucheri River , whose catchment area adjoins to the west. It runs south through Fond Lapluie and Bramhall Estate and flows into the Layou River from the north at D Leau Matthieu and on the right. It runs through thick layers of tuff , which are often affected by landslides. In 1988, 1995 and 1997 several large landslides occurred, as a result of which Lake Matthieu was formed in 1997 , which astonishingly lasted for over 13 years and only broke in 2011 with a large tidal wave.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Public Seismic Network Inc. 1998.
  2. ↑ sun dominica 2014.

swell

  • Michal Kasprowski: Commonwealth of Dominica Street Map. (1: 40,000, customized printing).

literature

  • United States Forest Service, Clovis: The Formation and Persistence of Matthieu Landslide-Dam Lake, Dominica WI . In: Q. Ashton Acton: Issues in Global Environment: Biology and Geoscience : 2011 Edition, vol. 16, 2: 73-89. ScholarlyEditions 2012. ISBN 1464965765 , 9781464965760
  • Arlington James, Jerome V. De Graf: The draining of Matthieu landslide-dam lake, Dominica, West Indies. In: Landslides - Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides. December 2012, Vol. 9, 4: 529-537.
  • Paul Crask: Dominica. [1] Bradt Travel Guides, 2016, ISBN 978-1-84162-217-0 , p. VI.