Povungnituk River
| Rivière de Puvirnituq Puvirnituq River, Rivière de Povungnituk | |
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Puvirnituq River - View from the North bank near the village of Puvirnituq - 2017-09-24 | |
| Etymology | From the Inuktitut "smells like rotten meat" |
| Native name | Povungnituk (Inuktitut) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Nord-du-Québec |
| District | Kativik |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Unnamed lake |
| • coordinates | 61°43′32″N 73°18′38″W / 61.72556°N 73.31056°W |
| • elevation | 588 m (1,929 ft) |
| Mouth | Hudson Bay |
• coordinates | 60°01′35″N 77°19′58″W / 60.02639°N 77.33278°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 389 km (242 mi) |
| Basin size | 28,500 km2 (11,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 480 m3/s (17,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Atlantic Ocean drainage basin |
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." (in syllabics: ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ).
The "Povungnituk River" crosses for 40.9 km from east to west the northern limit of the Pingualuit National Park which is characterized by the Pingualuit crater. This crater is located 16.7 km south of the "Puvirnituq River".
The surface of the Puvirnituq River is generally frozen annually from October to June (sometimes until July). In the summer, a supply boat moves into the bay for about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), to the village of Puvirnituq; barges are then used to connect the boat and the dock. Sometimes during the spring flood, ice jams form on the river.
Sport fishing is popular at the foot of the first (about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi)), second (about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)) and third (about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)) falls from the confluence of this river and Hudson Bay.