Rivière du Petit Mécatina

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Rivière du Petit Mécatina
Little Mecatina River
Rivière Nétagamiou (western estuary)
Data
location Newfoundland and Labrador ,
Québec ( Canada )
River system Rivière du Petit Mécatina
source east of Lac Aticonac
52 ° 51 ′ 41 ″  N , 63 ° 33 ′ 30 ″  W
Source height 611  m
muzzle 9 km west of Tête-à-la-Baleine in the St. Lawrence Gulf ,
west of the estuary at Chevery ( ⊙ ) Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 24 ″  N , 59 ° 25 ′ 43 ″  W 50 ° 39 ′ 24 ″  N , 59 ° 25 '43 "  W.
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 611 m
Bottom slope 1.4 ‰
length 451 km
Catchment area 19,580 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 19,200 km²
Location: 15 km above the mouth 		MQ 1995/2012
Mq 1995/2012
 		450 m³ / s
23.4 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Rivière Joir
Splitting into 2 mouth arms ( ⊙ )

The Rivière du Petit Mécatina (in Newfoundland and Labrador : Little Mecatina River ) is a river whose lower course runs in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in the Canadian province of Québec .

River course

The upper reaches of the river is located in a disputed area between Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador, which was awarded to Newfoundland and Labrador in 1927. It flows into the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Tête-à-la-Baleine , a settlement in Basse-Côte-Nord about 400 km east of Sept-Îles .

The river has a length of 451 km. It has its origin east of the lake Lac Aticonac on the plateau of the Labrador Peninsula near the watershed between the Atlantic and the St. Lawrence River or St. Lawrence Gulf . From its source it flows in a south-easterly direction to later turn south and flow into the Saint Lawrence Gulf. 15 km above the mouth, a western branch of the river splits off from the main river. This western branch of the estuary, the Rivière Nétagamiou , flows 23 km south and flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the Chevery settlement .

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Hydrology

The mean discharge is around 450 m³ / s. The highest monthly discharges occur in May and June with 1450 and 920 m³ / s respectively. Its catchment area covers around 19,580 km².

There are plans to use the hydropower of the Rivière du Petit Mécatina to generate electricity.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière du Petit Mécatina
  2. ↑ a b Office of Public Audiques sur l'environnement (PDF; 103 kB)
  3. ^ A b c Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 02XA008
  4. ↑ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Nétagamiou