Nastapoka River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Nord-du-Québec |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lacs des Loups Marins |
• location | Nord-du-Québec, Quebec |
• coordinates | 56°30′31″N 73°44′58″W / 56.50861°N 73.74944°W |
• elevation | 373 m (1,224 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Hudson Bay, Montreal, Quebec |
• coordinates | 56°54′38″N 76°32′46″W / 56.91056°N 76.54611°W |
• elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
Length | 402 km (250 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 13,364[2] km2 (5,160 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• average | 175 m3/s (6,200 cu ft/s)[1] |
The Nastapoka River is a tributary of East coast of Hudson Bay, flowing in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. This river is one of the most important rivers of Nord-du-Québec, the 39th of Quebec because its watershed of 13,400 square kilometres (5,200 sq mi).