- elevation 588 m (1,929 ft) Source Unnamed lake Province Québec | - elevation 0 m (0 ft) Mouth Hudson Bay | |
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- average 480 m/s (16,951 cu ft/s) | ||
The Rivière de Puvirnituq (English: Puvirnituq River; formerly the Rivière de Povungnituk) is a river in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. The river flows 389 kilometres (242 mi) from its source at an unnamed lake to Hudson Bay at the village of Puvirnituq. Its watershed encompasses 28,500 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). The name of the river comes from the Inuktitut "smells like rotten meat."
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