Rivière aux Feuilles

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Rivière aux Feuilles
Leaf River, Kuugaaluk, Itinniq
Leaf River cropped.jpg
Data
location Nunavik , North du Québec in Québec (Canada)
River system Rivière aux Feuilles
origin Lac Minto in Nunavik Territory,
57 ° 13 ′ 7 ″  N , 75 ° 0 ′ 45 ″  W
Source height 181  m
muzzle in Leaf Bay ( Ungava Bay ) near Tasiujaq Coordinates: 58 ° 46 ′ 37 "  N , 70 ° 4 ′ 0"  W 58 ° 46 ′ 37 "  N , 70 ° 4 ′ 0"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 181 m
Bottom slope 0.38 ‰
length 480 km
Catchment area 42,500 km²
Discharge at the gauge above Ruisseau Dufreboy
A Eo : 33,900 km² 		MQ 1987/1993
Mq 1987/1993
 		375 m³ / s
11.1 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the level below Rivière Peladeau
A Eo : 41,700 km² 		MQ 1962/1988
Mq 1962/1988
 		590 m³ / s
14.1 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Rivière Daunais , Rivière La Goudalie , Rivière Vizien , Rivière Cohade , Rivière Péladeau
Right tributaries Rivière Charpentier , Rivière Nedlouc , Rivière Qijuttuuk , Ruisseau Dufreboy
Communities Tasiujaq
Riviere aux Feuilles carte.png

The Rivière aux Feuilles ( English Leaf River ; Inuktitut : Kuugaaluk ("the great river") or Itinniq ("where there are spring tides ")) is a river in northern Québec in Canada on the northern tree line .

It flows from Lake Minto northeast through the Ungava Peninsula to Leaf Bay and Ungava Bay . He covers a distance of 480 km. The Inuit community of Tasiujaq is located at its confluence with Leaf Bay . The estuary of the Rivière aux Feuilles is known for its tidal range of 18 m, one of the highest in the world.

The barn -ground caribou herd named after the river is one of the largest in the world with around 500,000 individuals.

It is possible to canoe along the entire length of the river (with caution) without having to bypass sections. There are no impassable waterfalls or whitewater sections along its course . The length of the river measured from Charpentier Bay to Tasiujaq is 320 km.

The ice-free period of the Rivière aux Feuilles is short and only lasts 60 days. This implies a low average daytime temperature in summer (around 10 ° C) typically combined with rain (or snow ) and wind . These weather conditions favor hypothermia .

Tributaries

Significant tributaries of the Rivière aux Feuilles are:

history

The river has been known under the English name Leaf River since the end of the 19th century at the latest . The name is possibly derived from the vegetation ( arctic willow and birch ) along the river. The Hudson's Bay Company hunted salmon and porpoises in the region and set up a trading post at the mouth of the river around 1905. At the beginning of the 20th century, the river was given the French name Rivière des Feuilles , which was converted to Rivière aux Feuilles in 1925 .

Discoverer:
1898 - Albert Peter Low
1912 - Robert J. Flaherty
1976 - Bob Davis

Web links

Commons : Rivière aux Feuilles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ↑ Rivière aux Feuilles at the gauge above Ruisseau Dufreboy - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
  3. ↑ Rivière aux Feuilles at the gauge below Rivière Peladeau - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
  4. ↑ a b c FQCK: Guide des parcours canotables du Quebec, Tome II 2000, ISBN 2-89000-504-6 , p. 233.
  5. ↑ a b Rivière aux Feuilles ( French ) Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  6. ↑ Plan de réseau des parcs nationaux - Plateau de la toundra d'Ungava  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.pc.gc.ca  
  7. ^ Lester Kovac and Lynette Chubb: Charpentier / Leaf 2007 . Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  8. Jump up ↑ Brad Bassi: Northern Ungava Canoe Expedition . Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bassioutdoors.com
  9. ↑ Tim Kunin: Pakboats on the Leaf River . Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pakboats.com
  10. ↑ Willem Lange: Pakboats on the Rivière aux Feuilles . Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pakboats.com
  11. ↑ Bruce W. Hodgins & Gwyneth Hoyle: Canoeing North into the Unknown (A Record of River Travel: 1874-1974) 1997, ISBN 0-920474-93-4 , pp. 216-217.