Rivière Waswanipi

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Rivière Waswanipi
Data
location Jamésie , North du Québec in Québec (Canada)
River system Rivière Nottaway
Drain over Rivière Nottaway  → Hudson Bay
confluence from Rivière Opawica and Rivière Chibougamau
49 ° 41 ′ 7 ″  N , 75 ° 57 ′ 49 ″  W
muzzle Lac Matagami coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 28 "  N , 77 ° 15 ′ 21"  W 49 ° 53 ′ 28 "  N , 77 ° 15 ′ 21"  W

length 210 km
Catchment area 31,900 km²
Discharge at the Chute Rouge gauge.
Location: 31,900 km above the mouth
MQ 1967/1997
584 m³ / s
Flowing lakes Lac Waswanipi , Lac au Goéland , Lac Olga

Rivière Waswanipi is a river in the western part of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is created by the confluence of the two rivers Rivière Opawica and Rivière Chibougamau about 80 km southwest of the city of Chapais and 115 km southwest of Chibougamau . From there it flows 210 km in a westerly direction to Lac Matagami . The lakes Lac Waswanipi , Lac au Goéland and Lac Olga are on its route .

The river is navigable by canoe . A bridge leads over the Rivière Waswanipi along the Route de la Baie James .

Runoff level

Individual evidence

  1. Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Rivière Waswanipi
  2. a b Rivière Waswanipi at the A la Chute Rouge gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET