Rivière Bell

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Rivière Bell
Data
location Abitibi-Témiscamingue , North du Québec in Québec (Canada)
River system Rivière Nottaway
Drain over Rivière Nottaway  → Hudson Bay
source Lac Tiblemont and Lac Pascalis
48 ° 13 '59 "  N , 77 ° 19' 15"  W.
muzzle Lac Matagami coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 46 "  N , 77 ° 39 ′ 19"  W 49 ° 48 ′ 46 "  N , 77 ° 39 ′ 19"  W.

length 240 km
Catchment area 22,222 km²
Discharge at the gauge En amont du Lac Matagami
A Eo : 22,200 km² 		MNQ 1962/1997
MQ 1962/1997
Mq 1962/1997
 MHQ 1962/1997
 98 m³ / s
389 m³ / s
17.5 l / (s km²)
 1059 m³ / s
Right tributaries Rivière Mégiscane
Flowing lakes Lac Parent
Course of the Rivière Bell River in the Rivière Nottaway catchment area

Course of the Rivière Bell River in the Rivière Nottaway catchment area

The Rivière Bell River flows through the Abitibi-Témiscamingue and North-du-Québec (Jamésie region) administrative regions in the Canadian province of Québec .

geography

The river has its source in the lakes Lac Tiblemont and Lac Pascalis in Abitibi . It turns north, passes Senneterre and then takes in the waters of the tributary Rivière Mégiscane . Finally, he ends after 240 km at the village Rivière-Bell and the place Matagami in the lake Lac Matagami . Its outflow is the Rivière Nottaway , which flows to James Bay . The Rivière Bell River has a catchment area of ​​22,222 km². There are countless rapids along its course. The large islands of Canica and Bancroft are near the estuary. A bridge leads over the Rivière Bell along the Route de la Baie James .

Important tributaries

Rivière Mégiscane

Toponymy

The river was named after the geologist Robert Bell (1841-1917), who sailed the river in 1896, named.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d - Commission de toponymie - Québec - Rivière Bell
  2. ↑ Bell (Rivière) at the gauge En amont du Lac Matagami - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET