Rivière des Escoumins

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Rivière des Escoumins
Rivière des Escoumins

Rivière des Escoumins

Data
location Côte-Nord in Québec ( Canada )
River system Saint Lawrence River
Drain over Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
origin Lac à l'Orignal
48 ° 45 ′ 16 ″  N , 69 ° 58 ′ 23 ″  W.
Source height 594  m
muzzle Baie des Escoumins, Estuary of the Saint Lawrence River Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 52 "  N , 69 ° 24 ′ 17"  W 48 ° 20 ′ 52 "  N , 69 ° 24 ′ 17"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 594 m
Bottom slope 7.1 ‰
length 84 km
Catchment area 800 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 767 km²
Location: 9 km above the mouth 		MQ 1993/2011
Mq 1993/2011
 		15.6 m³ / s
20.3 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Rivière des Petits Escoumins
Right tributaries Rivière des Savanes, Rivière Chatignies, Rivière Maclure, Rivière à Polette
Flowing lakes Lac des Cœurs
Reservoirs flowed through Lac Gorgotton
Communities Les Escoumins
Rivière des Escoumins just before the mouth

Rivière des Escoumins just before the mouth

The Rivière des Escoumins is a 84 km long river in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in the eastern part of the Canadian province of Québec .

River course

The Rivière des Escoumins flows through the south of the MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord . It has its origin in the 594  m high lake Lac à l'Orignal . The lake Lac des Cœurs lies on the upper reaches . At river kilometer 67, the Rivière des Escoumins is dammed from the Barrage Gorgotton to Lac Gorgotton . The river initially flows south, later south-south-east and finally in south-east. The Rivière des Escoumins finally flows into the Baie des Escoumins , a small bay on the northern edge of the estuary of the Saint Lawrence River, at Les Escoumins , 38 km northeast of Tadoussac . The Route 138 crosses the flow immediately above the mouth thereof.

Hydrology

The Rivière des Escoumins drains an area of ​​800 km². The mean discharge at the gauge 9 km above the mouth is 15.6 m³ / s. The river usually carries the largest amount of water in May with an average of 62.2 m³ / s.

Fish fauna

The salmon population in the river system is considered safe.

Web links

Commons : Rivière des Escoumins  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bassin versant de la rivière des Escoumins . Environnement et Lutte contre les changements climatiques, Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  2. ^ A b c Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 02SC005
  3. ↑ NASCO Rivers Database Report (PDF, 1.4 MB) North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO). Retrieved November 22, 2018.