Rivière Koksoak
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| location | Nunavik , North du Québec in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Rivière Koksoak | |
| confluence | from Rivière Caniapiscau and Rivière aux Mélèzes 80 km southwest of Kuujjuaq 57 ° 40 ′ 18 ″ N , 69 ° 29 ′ 12 ″ W |
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| Source height | 20 m | |
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Ungava Bay Coordinates: 58 ° 32 '11 " N , 68 ° 9' 29" W 58 ° 32 '11 " N , 68 ° 9' 29" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 20 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.15 ‰ | |
| length | 137 km (total length with Caniapiscau 874 km) | |
| Catchment area | 133,400 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
2800 m³ / s |
| Communities | Kuujjuaq | |
 Catchment area of the Koksoak in yellow, derived catchment area of the Caniapiscau in orange |
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The Rivière Koksoak flows in the north of the Canadian province of Québec and is the largest river in the Nunavik region.
Kuujjuaq , an Inuit settlement and administrative center, is located on the banks of the Koksoak about 50 km south of its mouth.
It is believed that the name "Koksoak" comes from missionaries of the Moravian Congregation , who visited the area at the beginning of British rule and adopted the Inuktitut word "Kuujjuaq" for "great river".
In the 19th century the river was also called "Big" or "Southern River", derived from the "Southern Bay", as Ungava Bay was then called. In 1916 the name "Koksoak" was officially adopted for the river.
The Koksoak is created by the confluence of the two rivers Rivière aux Mélèzes coming from the west and the Rivière Caniapiscau from the south. The Koksoak flows about 80 km in an east-northeast direction to Ungava Bay . The river flows past the settlement Kuujjuaq, from where the river continues to flow about 50 km north to its mouth. The total length of the Koksoak and its source river Caniapiscau is 874 km. Its catchment area covers an area of 133,400 km². In 1985 the upper reaches of the Canaipiscau were partially diverted for the Baie James hydropower project . 45% of the water volume now flows from the Caniapiscau reservoir further into the Rivière Laforge and the La Grande Rivière to the west.
literature
- Breton Provencher, Mimi. Summary of Information About the Koksoak River Region . [Sl]: Société d'énergie de la baie James, Groupe d'étude conjoint Caniapiscau-Koksoak, 1982.
- Hydro Quebec. The Salmon of the Koksoak . Montreal: Hydro-Québec, 1984. ISBN 2550115198
- Kwan, Michael KH Mercury and Selenium in Fish from the Koksoak River . [Kuujjuaq, Quebec]: Makivik Corporation, 1999.
- Lalumière, Richard, Roger Le Jeune, and André Boudreault. Effects of a Streamflow Reduction on the Caniapiscau and Koksoak Rivers . [Sl]: Caniapiscau-Koksoak Joint Study Group, James Bay Energy Corp, 1985.
- Makivik Corporation. The Koksoak River Fishery, 1982 . Kuujjuaq, Quebec: Makivik Corporation, 1986.
- Messier, Danielle. Synthesis of Physical Modifications in the Koksoak River Estuary Following the Cutoff of the Caniapiscau River . [Sl]: Société d'énergie de la baie James, Direction Ingénierie et environnement [Groupe d'étude conjoint Caniapiscau-Koksoak], 1985.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Atlas of Canada - Rivers
- ^ Rivière Koksoak ( French ) Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved December 10, 2010.