Rivière du Nord (Hudson Bay)

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Rivière du Nord
Data
location Nunavik region in North du Québec , Québec (Canada)
River system Rivière du Nord
source northwest of Lac à l'Eau Claire
56 ° 23 ′ 36 ″  N , 74 ° 56 ′ 16 ″  W
muzzle in the Lac Guillaume-Delisle coordinates: 56 ° 32 '30 "  N , 76 ° 22' 37"  W 56 ° 32 '30 "  N , 76 ° 22' 37"  W.
Mouth height m

length 109 km
Catchment area 1437 km²
Discharge at the gauge near the mouth of the
A Eo : 1410 km²
MQ 1978/1993
Mq 1978/1993
37 m³ / s
26.2 l / (s km²)

Rivière du Nord ( French for "River of the North") is a river in the northwest of the Canadian province of Québec in the Parc national Tursujuq .

The river has its origin northwest of the lake Lac à l'Eau Claire . It flows in a westerly direction and flows into the northern end of the inland bay Lac Guillaume-Delisle , which is connected to Hudson Bay . Its catchment area covers 1410 km², its mean discharge is 37 m³ / s. The river has rapids near its mouth.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Bureaulösungen publiques sur l'environnement du Québec (PDF; 100 kB)
  2. Rivière du Nord at the gauge near the mouth - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
  3. ^ Rivière du Nord. Commission de toponymie Québec