South Nahanni River

South Nahanni River
Virginia Falls
Data
location	Northwest Territories , Yukon ( Canada )
River system	Mackenzie River
Drain over	Liard River  → Mackenzie River  → Arctic Ocean
source	on the southern slope of Mount Christie in the Selwyn Mountains 63 ° 0 ′ 54 ″  N , 129 ° 35 ′ 17 ″  W
Source height	approx.  1600  m
muzzle	in the Liard River at Nahanni Butte Coordinates: 61 ° 2 '2 "  N , 123 ° 22' 50"  W 61 ° 2 '2 "  N , 123 ° 22' 50"  W
Mouth height	350  m
Height difference	approx. 1250 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.2 ‰
length	563 km
Catchment area	36,300 km²
Discharge at the level above Virginia Falls A Eo : 14,600 km² Location: 200 km above the mouth	MQ 1962/2000 Mq 1962/2000	225 m³ / s 15.4 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the gauge above Clausen Creek A Eo : 31,100 km² Location: 100 km above the mouth	MQ 1969/1995 Mq 1969/1995	402 m³ / s 12.9 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries	Broken Skull River
Right tributaries	Little Nahanni River , Rabbitkettle River , Flat River , Jackfish River
Communities	Nahanni Butte
Virginia Falls waterfall

The South Nahanni River is a 563 km long tributary of the Liard River in northern Canada . It drains an area of ​​36,300 km² and has an average discharge of 404 m³ / s.

course

The South Nahanni River has its source at Mount Christie in the Mackenzie Mountains at an altitude of 1,600  m . Then it forms the border between the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory for 10 kilometers. It flows through the Selwyn Mountains , where it receives the waters of the Little Nahanni River . To the east of the Bologna Ridge it makes an arc to the west. In the Vampires Peaks Range it takes in the Broken Skull River , then the Rabbitkettle River and in the Nahanni National Park Reserve the Hole in the Wall Creek . Here the river passes the 96 m high Virginia Falls waterfall ( ⊙ ). Then it crosses the Park Reserve and takes in the Flat River . Shortly before it flows into the Liard River at Nahanni Butte , 90 kilometers north of Fort Liard , it takes in the Jackfish River .

Web link

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ South Nahanni River at the gauge above Virginia Falls - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
3. ^ South Nahanni River at the gauge above Clausen Creek - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET