Rivière à l'Eau Claire

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Rivière à l'Eau Claire
Data
location Nunavik , North du Québec in Québec (Canada)
River system Rivière à l'Eau Claire
origin Lac à l'Eau Claire
56 ° 12 ′ 38 ″  N , 74 ° 50 ′ 15 ″  W.
Source height 241  m
muzzle in Lac Guillaume-Delisle ( Hudson Bay ) Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′ 37 "  N , 76 ° 0 ′ 39"  W 56 ° 12 ′ 37 "  N , 76 ° 0 ′ 39"  W
Mouth height m
Height difference 241 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.4 ‰
length approx. 70 km
Catchment area 4766 km²
Outflow at the level at the outflow from the Lac à l'Eau Claire
A Eo : 3830 km²
MQ 1977/1993
Mq 1977/1993
90 m³ / s
23.5 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the gauge near the mouth of the
A Eo : 4560 km²
MQ 1974/1977
Mq 1974/1977
87 m³ / s
19.1 l / (s km²)
Location of the Rivière à l'Eau Claire north of the Petite rivière de la Baleine ("Little Whale River")

Location of the Rivière à l'Eau Claire north of the Petite rivière de la Baleine ("Little Whale River")

The River Rivière à l'Eau Claire ( English Clearwater River ; literally translated: " Clearwater River ") is a river in the west of the Labrador Peninsula in northern Québec (Canada).

It forms the outflow of the Lac à l'Eau Claire lake . It flows about 70 km in a westerly direction to Lac Guillaume-Delisle , a large bay that is connected to Hudson Bay via a very narrow outlet .

The catchment area of the river, which covers 4766 km², is largely within the Parc national Tursujuq .

Runoff level

Individual evidence

  1. Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Bureau audiences publiques sur l'environnement (PDF; 103 kB)
  3. Water Survey of Canda: Station 03FB001  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wsc.ec.gc.ca  
  4. Water Survey of Canda: Station 03FB004  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wsc.ec.gc.ca  
  5. Rivière à l'Eau Claire at the gauge near the mouth - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
  6. Projet de parc national Tursujuq (PDF; 6.4 MB)
  7. Provisional Master Plan - Parc national des Lacs-Guillaume-Delisle-et-à-l´Eau-Claire (PDF; 6.4 MB)