Английская Википедия:Coxipi River
Шаблон:Infobox river The Coxipi River (Шаблон:Lang-fr) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It flows south through Quebec from Labrador and empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Location
The main channel of the river is about Шаблон:Convert long, of which Шаблон:Convert is in Labrador. The river has a Strahler number of 6. The headwaters of the river rise at about Шаблон:Convert. The river drops by more than Шаблон:Convert in its first Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn It is fed by Lake Poincarré. The Шаблон:Convert Lake Coxipi is long and narrow, essentially a widening of the Coxipi River.Шаблон:Sfn The mouth of the river is in the municipality of Saint-Augustin in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality.Шаблон:Sfn It is about Шаблон:Convert from the village of Saint-Augustin.Шаблон:Sfn
Name
The 1914 and 1925 editions of the Dictionnaire des rivières et lacs de la province de Québec call the river Léandre River.Шаблон:Sfn That name is said to come from a fisherman named Léandre who was based at its mouth for many years.Шаблон:Sfn The 1921 Noms géographiques de la province de Québec gives Léandre River as the official name, and refers Coxipi River to Léandre River. In 1948 the Quebec Geography Commission accepted Coxipi as the official name. The name "Coxipi" comes from the Innu language name Kak Sipi, which means "porcupine river". Some sources say that coxipi means "sorcerer".Шаблон:Sfn
Description
The Dictionnaire des rivières et lacs de la province de Québec (1914) says of the Léandre River, Шаблон:Blockquote
Basin
The Coxipi River basin covers Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Of this Шаблон:Convert is in Labrador.Шаблон:Sfn It lies between the basins of the Saint-Augustin River to the west and the Chécatica River to the east.Шаблон:Sfn The Quebec portion is partly in the unorganized territory of Petit-Mécatina and partly in the municipality of Saint-Augustin.Шаблон:Sfn The average elevation of the watershed in Шаблон:Convert, rising to a maximum of Шаблон:Convert. The river basin include part of the proposed Basses Collines du Lac Guernesé Biodiversity Reserve.Шаблон:Sfn This would protect the area from hydroelectric development.Шаблон:Sfn
Environment
A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the Coxipi River in sub-regions 6o-T, 6n-T and 6m-T of the east spruce/moss subdomain.Шаблон:Sfn About 80.6% of the watershed is forest covered, with just 3.1% covered in shrubs or grassland.Шаблон:Sfn 9.6% of the watershed in water and 1.2% wetlands. Annual daily mean temperatures are Шаблон:Convert, ranging from Шаблон:Convert in January to Шаблон:Convert in July. Average annual precipitation is Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Land mammals include black bear, moose, boreal woodland caribou, wolf, lynx, beaver, North American porcupine, mink, hare and red fox.Шаблон:Sfn
Fishing
The Coxipi River is recognized as an Atlantic salmon river.Шаблон:Sfn There are several fishing holes in the rapids at the river mouth. The salmon mount the river for over Шаблон:Convert. Brook trout are also common. The Pourvoirie Saint-Augustin, an outfitter accessible by boat or floatplane, provides fishing services over a Шаблон:Convert stretch.Шаблон:Sfn The Pourvoirie Kecarpoui arranges fishing/camping expeditions that include the Véco, Kécarpoui, Saint-Augustin, Coxipi, Chécatica and Napetipi rivers.Шаблон:Sfn
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