Notakwanon River

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Notakwanon River
Data
location Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
River system Notakwanon River
origin nameless lake
55 ° 37 ′ 26 ″  N , 62 ° 52 ′ 52 ″  W
Source height approx.  440  m
muzzle Merrifield Bay ( Atlantic Ocean ) Coordinates: 56 ° 1 ′ 25 "  N , 61 ° 30 ′ 40"  W 56 ° 1 ′ 25 "  N , 61 ° 30 ′ 40"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 440 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.9 ‰
length approx. 150 km  (including source rivers: approx. 230 km)
Catchment area 4999 km²

The Notakwanon River is an approximately 150 km long river in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

The Notakwanon River forms the outflow of a nameless 440  m high lake in the east of the Labrador Peninsula . It flows mainly in an east-northeast direction to the sea. In doing so, he cuts through the hills of the Canadian Shield . The Notakwanon River eventually flows into Merrifield Bay , a bay on the east coast of the Labrador Peninsula. The river estuary is about 60 km south of the settlement of Nain . At river kilometer 130.4 there is a 9.2 m high waterfall that prevents fish from migrating into the upstream river system. The catchment area of the Notakwanon River covers 4999 km². It extends in the west to the provincial border with Québec . In the north it borders on that of the Kogaluk River , in the south on that of the Adlatok River . The vegetation in the catchment area consists mainly of lichens and low bushes. The highest point in the catchment area has a height of 610  m .

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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. 300. 1985. Retrieved September 5, 2018.