Nass River

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Nass River
Nass River at Gitwinksihlkw

Nass River at Gitwinksihlkw

Data
location British Columbia ( Canada )
River system Nass River
origin Nass Lake in the Skeena Mountains
57 ° 8 ′ 51 ″  N , 129 ° 5 ′ 48 ″  W
Source height 1126  m
muzzle to Nass Bay ( Portland Inlet ) Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′ 37 "  N , 129 ° 53 ′ 22"  W 54 ° 58 ′ 37 "  N , 129 ° 53 ′ 22"  W
Mouth height m
Height difference 1126 m
Bottom slope 3 ‰
length 380 km
Catchment area 21,100 km²
Discharge at the gauge above Shumal Creek
A Eo : 18,400 km²
MQ 1929/2012
Mq 1929/2012
782 m³ / s
42.5 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Konigus Creek , Taylor River , Bell-Irving River , Meziadin River , Kinskuch River
Navigable 40 km
Course of the Nass River

Course of the Nass River

The Nass River is a 380 km long river in the Canadian province of British Columbia .

Wet is a Tlingitic word that roughly corresponds to the translation “storage warehouse”.

It rises in the Skeena Mountains and flows 380 km into Nass Bay , a side bay of Portland Inlet . The Nass River is only navigable for the last 40 km. The mean discharge is over 780 m³ / s.

The river is also in the danger zone of the active volcano Tseax Cone . In the event of an outbreak, the river would be at great risk of being dammed. In addition, this would be a catastrophe for the local salmon fishery, at least in the short term .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The Atlas of Canada - Rivers
  2. Water Survey of Canada: Station 08DB001 ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2010) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wsc.ec.gc.ca