Salmon River (Shuswap Lake)
| Salmon River | ||
 Salmon River not far from the estuary |
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| Data | ||
| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| River system | Fraser River | |
| Drain over | Little River → South Thompson River → Thompson River → Fraser River → Pacific Ocean | |
| Headwaters | to the east of the Thompson Plateau 50 ° 18 ′ 11 ″ N , 119 ° 41 ′ 16 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 1700 m | |
| muzzle | Salmon Arm, Shuswap Lake Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 57 " N , 119 ° 18 ′ 8" W 50 ° 42 ′ 57 " N , 119 ° 18 ′ 8" W |
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| Mouth height | approx. 346 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1354 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 10 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 135 km | |
| Catchment area | 1550 km² | |
| Discharge A Eo : 1550 km² Location: 5 km above the mouth |
MQ 1974/2015 Mq 1974/2015 |
4.97 m³ / s 3.2 l / (s km²) |
| Communities | Falklands | |
The Salmon River is an approximately 135 km long tributary of Shuswap Lake in the southeast of the Canadian province of British Columbia .
River course
The Salmon River rises in the east of the Thompson Plateau at an altitude of about 1700 m . It initially flows 20 km to the west. Not far from the north shore of Salmon Lake , the Salmon River turns north and later northeast. At river kilometer 50 it passes the municipality of Falkland and turns to the southeast. For the lower 38 km, the Salmon River flows north and flows into the head end of Salmon Arm , a part of Shuswap Lake. The small town of Salmon Arm is east of the river mouth. The British Columbia Highway 97 runs east of Westwold over a distance of 30 km along the river.
Hydrology
The Salmon River drains an area of 1550 km². The mean discharge near the mouth is 4.97 m³ / s. The highest monthly discharges usually occur in May and June with an average of 18.8 and 12.2 m³ / s, respectively.
Fish fauna
Prior to the 1914 landslide at Hells Gate on the Fraser River , the Salmon River was the spawning area of a larger salmon population . Since then, salmon migration into the Salmon River has decreased significantly and fishing has been banned. At the level of the Westwold settlement, west of Falkland, the Salmon River flows through a deep gravel bed several kilometers long. Above-ground runoff only occurs in this area during the spring floods . Thus this section of the river is an insurmountable obstacle for the salmon for most of the year.
Web links
- Salmon River . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Salmon River at Natural Resources Canada