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Table 10.4.
Values of sediment concentration and yield in rivers of the Canadian Arctic archipelago.
Basin location and
Basin
Runoff
Maximum
Maximum
Suspended
Solute yield
Bed load yield
Reference
year of study
area
(mm)
suspended
solute
sediment yield
(t km
−2
yr
1
)
(t km
−2
yr
1
)
(km
2
)
sediment
concentration
(t km
−2
yr
1
)
concentration
(mg 1
−1
)
(mg 1
−1
)
Hot Weather,
155
38 (1990)
1870
502
17.3-51.9
4.7-4.4
n.d.
Lewkowicz and
Ellesmere Is.,
13 (1991)
1.7-1.9
1.8-1.8
Wolfe (1994)
1990-91
Mecham River,
95
297
1300
134
12.7
21.1
1.1-4.7
McCann and
Cornwallis Is.,
Cogley (1973);
1970-71
Cogley (1975)
Snowbird Creek,
61
156
1300
42
25.6
4.4
2.5
Wedel et al.
Bathurst Is., 1976
(1977)
Lewis River,
205
818 (1963)
1741
57 (average of
232.5
3.2
1049
Church (1972)
Baffi n Is., 1963-65
294 (1964)
4 samples)
68.1
2.1
236
485 (1965)
126.9
2.4
482
Upper South River,
90
620 (1967)
800 (approx.)
8 (average of
48.8
4.0
1114
Church (1972)
Baffi n Is., 1967-68
186 (1968)
7 samples)
0.8
1.9
29
n.d.: Not determined.
Source: Lewkowicz and Wolfe (1994).
