Rivière Manicouagan
| Rivière Manicouagan | ||
 Manicouagan as seen from the Daniel Johnson Dam |
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| Data | ||
| location | Côte-Nord in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Réservoir Manicouagan 51 ° 7 ′ 55 ″ N , 68 ° 41 ′ 10 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 302 m | |
| muzzle | in the St. Lawrence River Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 34 " N , 68 ° 11 ′ 40" W 49 ° 10 ′ 34 " N , 68 ° 11 ′ 40" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 302 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.54 ‰ | |
| length | 560 km (including the headwaters of the Rivière Mouchalagane) | |
| Catchment area | 45,800 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
1020 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Rivière Toulnustouc | |
| Reservoirs flowed through |
Réservoir Manicouagan Réservoir Manic 3 Réservoir Manic 2 Réservoir Manic 1 |
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| Small towns | Baie-Comeau | |
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The Rivière Manicouagan is a river in the Côte-Nord administrative region of the Canadian province of Québec .
Its source is the Manicouagan reservoir . From there it flows about 200 km in a southerly direction to flow into the St. Lawrence River at Baie-Comeau . Including its source river Rivière Mouchalagane , its flow length is 560 km. It is believed that the name comes from the Montagnais language and means "where birch trees are found".
Several Hydro-Québec power plants use the Manicouagan's hydropower . Seen upstream these are:
- McCormick - 304 MW, jointly operated by Hydro-Québec and Alcoa
- Manic-1 - 184 MW
- Jean-Lesage (Manic-2) - 1145 MW
- René-Lévesque (Manic-3) - 1244 MW
- Manic-5 - 1596 MW
- Manic-5-PA - 1064 MW
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