Rivière Tuttutuuq
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| location | Nunavik , North du Québec in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Rivière Tuttutuuq | |
| origin |
Lac Sivulijartalik 57 ° 43 ′ 3 ″ N , 66 ° 24 ′ 27 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 300 m | |
| muzzle |
Baie Alukpaluk ( Ungava Bay ) Coordinates: 58 ° 21 '47 " N , 67 ° 5' 48" W 58 ° 21 '47 " N , 67 ° 5' 48" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 300 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 3.2 ‰ | |
| length | 93 km | |
| Catchment area | 1841 km² | |
| Flowing lakes | Lac Treillet , Lac Ikkarujaq , Lac Tuttutuuq | |
The Rivière Tuttutuuq is a river in the north of the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière Tuttutuuq has its origin in the approximately 300 m high lake Lac Sivulijartalik . It flows in a predominantly northerly direction through the northeast of the Labrador Peninsula . It flows through the lakes Lac Treillet and Lac Ikkarujaq . The Rivière Qurlutuq runs east of the Rivière Tuttutuuq , west of the Rivière Marralik . 20 km above its mouth, the river flows through the elongated lake Lac Tuttutuuq , which widens the river. Finally, the Rivière Tuttutuuq flows 100 km northeast of Kuujjuaq into the Baie Alukpaluk , a bay on the south coast of Ungava Bay . The river length is 93 km. The catchment area covers 1841 km².
The river name is derived from the Inuit word Tuttutuup , which means "place of the caribou". The river used to be called Rivière Tuctuc . There are other forms of the name such as Tuktuk , Tuktokuk and Tuktukuk .