Nakvak Brook

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Nakvak Brook
Data
location Labrador , Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
River system Nakvak Brook
Headwaters in the south of the Torngat Mountains
58 ° 40 ′ 55 ″  N , 63 ° 59 ′ 48 ″  W
Source height approx.  940  m
muzzle Saglek Fjord , Labrador Sea (Atlantic Ocean) Coordinates: 58 ° 29 ′ 51 "  N , 63 ° 18 ′ 49"  W 58 ° 29 ′ 51 "  N , 63 ° 18 ′ 49"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 940 m
Bottom slope approx. 13 ‰
length approx. 72 km
Catchment area 844 km²

The Nakvak Brook is an approximately 72 km long tributary of the Labrador Sea in the north of Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

The Nakvak Brook flows through the extreme south of the Torngat Mountains National Park . It rises in the south of the Torngat Mountains at an altitude of about 940  m . It initially flows 10 kilometers in a south-westerly direction. He then turns east for the next 40 kilometers. For the last 20 kilometers, it flows south and flows into the north bank of the Saglek Fjord , an elongated bay on the east coast of Labrador. The Nakvak Brook drains an area of ​​844 km². At river kilometers 17.7 and 37.0 and 38.6 there are waterfalls with heights of 4.6 m, 9.2 m and 15.3 m. All three waterfalls are considered insurmountable for migratory fish .

Fish fauna

The arctic char occurs in the lower river system .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e T.C. Anderson: The Rivers of Labrador (PDF, 9.5 MB) Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81. p. 367. 1985. Retrieved November 16, 2018.