Rivière Decoumte

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Rivière Decoumte
Data
location Nunavik , North du Québec in Québec (Canada)
River system Rivière de Puvirnituq
Drain over Rivière de Puvirnituq  → Hudson Bay
origin Lac Couture
60 ° 1 ′ 20 ″  N , 75 ° 31 ′ 21 ″  W.
Source height 156  m
muzzle Lac de Puvirnituq Coordinates: 60 ° 3 '47 "  N , 76 ° 48' 55"  W 60 ° 3 '47 "  N , 76 ° 48' 55"  W.
Mouth height m
Height difference 147 m
Bottom slope 0.51 ‰
length 290 km
Catchment area 13,701 km²
Discharge at the gauge near the mouth of the
A Eo : 13,300 km²
MQ 1975/1979
Mq 1975/1979
175 m³ / s
13.2 l / (s km²)
Flowing lakes Lac Prénouveau , Lac Nalluruaq , Lac Imarruaraarruk

Rivière Decoumte is a river in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec in the north of the Canadian province of Québec .

The river drains an area of ​​13,701 km² southeast of Puvirnituq and flows 290 km into the lake Lac de Puvirnituq , through which the Rivière de Puvirnituq flows.

The river was named after the Abbé François Decoumte.

Runoff level

Individual evidence

  1. a b Bureaulösungen publiques sur l'environnement du Québec (PDF; 103 kB)
  2. Rivière Decoumte at the gauge above Lac de Povungnituk - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
  3. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Decoumte