Rivière Missisicabi

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Rivière Missisicabi
Data
location Québec , Ontario (Canada)
River system Rivière Missisicabi
confluence from Rivière Missisicabi Est and Rivière Missisicabi Ouest
50 ° 47 ′ 32 ″  N , 78 ° 51 ′ 29 ″  W
Source height 244  m
muzzle Hannah Bay (south of James Bay ) Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 25 "  N , 79 ° 40 ′ 39"  W 51 ° 15 ′ 25 "  N , 79 ° 40 ′ 39"  W
Mouth height m
Height difference 244 m
Bottom slope 1.6 ‰
length 151 km
Catchment area 4299 km²
Right tributaries Rivière Obamsca

Rivière Missisicabi is a river in the Canadian provinces of Québec and Ontario .

The river has its origin in the extreme west of the province of Québec in the Jamésie ( North du Québec ) at the confluence of the Rivière Missisicabi Est and Rivière Missisicabi Ouest . From there it flows 151 km in a north-northwest direction to Hannah Bay in the south of James Bay . In doing so, it takes up the Rivière Obamsca tributary coming from the right . The last 12 km to its mouth he covers in the Cochrane District in the province of Ontario. Its catchment area of 4299 km² lies between that of the Rivière Kitchigama in the east and that of the Rivière Harricana in the west.

Individual evidence

  1. Bureau audiences publiques sur l'environnement (PDF; 100 kB)
  2. a b c d Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Missisicabi