Rivière de la Corneille
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| Data | ||
| location | Côte-Nord in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Rivière de la Corneille | |
| source | 50 km north of Baie-Johan-Beetz 50 ° 44 ′ 59 ″ N , 62 ° 56 ′ 15 ″ W |
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| Source height | 350 m | |
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St. Lawrence Gulf Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 4 " N , 62 ° 53 ′ 50" W 50 ° 17 ′ 4 " N , 62 ° 53 ′ 50" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 350 m | |
| Bottom slope | 4.5 ‰ | |
| length | 77 km | |
| Catchment area | 559 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
16 m³ / s |
| Flowing lakes | Lac du Vingt-Deuxième Mille | |
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The Rivière de la Corneille ( corneille French for carrion crow ) is a river in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière de la Corneille rises in the MRC Minganie in the hinterland of the southern Labrador Peninsula . The river runs in a predominantly southerly direction through the Canadian Shield . There are several lakes and river widenings along the course of the river. On the lower reaches are the lakes Lac du Vingt-Deuxième Mille , Lac en Travers , Lac Ferland , Lac Turgeon and Lac Tanguay .
The river eventually flows 4km west of Baie-Johan-Beetz in between the d'Ile Anticosti and the Labrador Peninsula situated Jacques-Cartier Street . The Rivière de la Corneille has a length of 77 km. It drains an area of 559 km² and has an average discharge of 16 m³ / s. The catchment area borders on that of the Rivière Piashti to the east and that of the Rivière Romaine to the west .
The Route 138 crosses the Rivière de la Corneille shortly before its mouth.
The Rivière de la Corneille is the habitat of arctic char , Atlantic salmon , sea trout and brook char . There is also a land-based population of Atlantic salmon in the river system.
A local tourism company offers fishing trips on the river in the summer months.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Bureau Audiences publiques sur l'environnement. (PDF; 103 kB)