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Estuaire-des-Rivières-Koktac-et-Nauberakvik
PROPOSED BIODIVERSITY RESERVE
The Estuaire-des-Rivières-Koktac-et-Nauberakvik proposed biodiversity reserve (Réserve de biodiversité projetée de l’Estuaire-des-Rivières-Koktac-et-Nauberakvik) protects a territory composed of numerous lakes and rivers as well as its estuary on the coastal section. It protects species that are important to the traditional activities of the surrounding communities, including those related to fishing. It also protects part of the range of the Leaf River migratory caribou herd.
In addition, this territory protects a particular geomorphology made up of low hills with little variation in elevation that are covered with a relatively thick layer of glacial deposits, i.e., loose materials accumulated by a glacier or directly influenced by the presence of a glacier. A small portion of the area also has a distinctive drumlinoid deposit, which consists of large tapered formations that indicate the direction of ice flow. |
Characteristics
Land Category – JBNQA and NEQA
Categories II and III
Main conservation objectives
To protect representative ecosystems of the Puvirnituq Lowlands natural region, including several lakes and rivers, its estuary on the coastal part, and its distinctive geomorphology. Also aims to protect an essential subsistence area for Inuit.
Geological province
Superior Province
Natural region
Puvirnituq Lowlands
Bioclimatic domain
Shrub arctic tundra
Wildlife
Leaf River migratory caribou herd
Hydrology
Numerous important lakes and rivers such as the Koktac, Nauberakvik, and Crow, as well as their watersheds and estuaries
Archaeological sites
4 sites listed in the inventory of archeological sites of Quebec (Inventaire des sites archéologiques du Québec (ISAQ)).
