São Gonçalo Channel
The São Gonçalo Channel (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ɡõˈsalu]) is a navigable channel connecting two large coastal lagoons, Lagoa Mirim and Lagoa dos Patos, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. At its eastern end, it separates the municipalities of Rio Grande to the south from Pelotas to the north.
32°08′48″S 52°37′31″W / 32.14667°S 52.62528°W
| São Gonçalo Channel | |
|---|---|
On the banks of the São Gonçalo Channel | |
| Location | |
| Country | Uruguay, Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lagoa Mirim |
| • coordinates | 32°8′44.1348″S 52°37′22.3356″W / 32.145593000°S 52.622871000°W |
| • elevation | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lagoa dos Patos |
• coordinates | 31°47′22.344″S 52°13′17.4684″W / 31.78954000°S 52.221519000°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 76.6 km (47.6 mi) |
| Basin size | 56,212.2 km2 (21,703.7 sq mi) to 62,250 km2 (24,030 sq mi) |
| Width | |
| • average | 200 m (660 ft) to 300 m (980 ft) |
| Depth | |
| • average | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lagoa dos Patos (near mouth) |
| • average | (Period: 1970-2000)1,186.5 m3/s (41,900 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 300 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 2,250 m3/s (79,000 cu ft/s) to 3,000 m3/s (110,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Pelotas (15 km upstream of mouth; Basin size: 55,296.3 km2 (21,350.0 sq mi) |
| • average | (Period: 1970-2000)1,154.2 m3/s (40,760 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lagoa Mirim (76.6 km upstream of mouth; Basin size: 47,854.5 km2 (18,476.7 sq mi) |
| • average | (Period: 1970-2000)936.7 m3/s (33,080 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Arroio Pelotas, Canal Santa Barbara, Arroio Fragata, Arroio Teodósia, Arroio do Pavão, Piratini |
