Upper Humber River

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Upper Humber River
Big Falls on the Upper Humber River

Big Falls on the Upper Humber River

Data
location Newfoundland Island , Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
River system Humber River
Drain over Humber River  → Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Headwaters Long Range Mountains , 7 km east of Ten Mile Pond
49 ° 36 ′ 48 ″  N , 57 ° 41 ′ 8 ″  W
Source height approx.  700  m
muzzle Deer Lake Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 35 "  N , 57 ° 28 ′ 1"  W 49 ° 10 ′ 35 "  N , 57 ° 28 ′ 1"  W.
Mouth height 5  m
Height difference approx. 695 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.1 ‰
length approx. 135 km
Catchment area 2200 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 2110 km²
Location: 12 km above the mouth 		MQ 1953/2016
Mq 1953/2016
 		79.7 m³ / s
37.8 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Taylors Brook, Gales Brook, Junction Brook
Right tributaries Adies River
Flowing lakes Big Stag Pond, Hardings Pond, Black Cliff Pond, Candlestick Pond, Beaver Pond, Mattys Pond, Birchy Basin
Communities Deer Lake , Reidville
Upper Humber River just before its mouth

Upper Humber River just before its mouth

The Upper Humber River is a river on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

The Upper Humber River rises 7 km east of Ten Mile Pond in the Long Range Mountains . The source area is at an altitude of approx. 700  m . After 50 km the river turns to the southeast. It passes the Birchy Basin lake . He takes on the Taylors Brook and the Gales Brook from the left and the Adies River from the right. Gradually the Upper Humber River turns to the southwest. Junction Brook joins the river from the left 9.5 km above the confluence with Deer Lake . The Junction Brook forms the natural outlet of Grand Lake . Due to its damming and drainage to the hydropower station at Deer Lake, only a small amount of water flows in Junction Brook. Just before the estuary are the parishes of Reidville on the right bank and Deer Lake on the left bank of the Upper Humber River. The Big Falls rapids are located about 37.5 km above the mouth of the river. These are located in Sir Richard Squires Provincial Park .

Hydrology

The Upper Humber River drains an area of ​​about 22060 km². At the gauge near Reidville, at river kilometer 12, the mean discharge is 79.7 m³ / s. In May the river carries the largest amount of water with an average of 243 m³ / s.

Wildlife

The salmon population in the Humber River system is considered "not endangered". The Little Falls at 30 km and the Big Falls 10 km further upstream are sometimes an obstacle for migratory fish . In addition, the following other fish species in the river system occur: brook trout , lake trout , Arctic Norway , American eel , Fundulus heteroclitus (Mummichog) Fundulus diaphanus (Banded killifish) and three-spined and nine-spined stickleback . Other typical water inhabitants are the Canadian beaver , muskrat and North American otter as well as the American mink .

Web links

Commons : Upper Humber River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 02YL007
  2. ^ A b c Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 02YL001
  3. ↑ NASCO Rivers Database Report (PDF, 1.4 MB) North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO). Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c Water Quality Station Profile, Station #: NF02YL0011, HUMBER RIVER AT LITTLE FALLS BRIDGE . Environment and Conservation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador - Canada. Retrieved December 11, 2018.