Macho | |
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![]() Watershed of Nottaway River | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Nord-du-Québec |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Senneterre, La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec |
• coordinates | 49°03′37″N 75°44′40″W / 49.06028°N 75.74444°W |
• elevation | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
Mouth | Berthelot River (Mégiscane River), Mégiscane River |
• location | Senneterre, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec |
• coordinates | 48°34′36″N 76°06′50″W / 48.57667°N 76.11389°W |
• elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
Length | 69.6 km (43.2 mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
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The Macho River is a tributary of the Mégiscane River, flowing in Quebec, Canada, in the territories of:
The Macho River flows entirely in forested territory north-east of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve and on the west side of Gouin Reservoir. Forestry is the main economic activity of this hydrographic slope; recreational tourism activities, second.
The surface of the river is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-April. The course of this river has a difference in height of only five meters.
This source of the river is located at:
The main hydrographic slopes near the Macho River are:
From its source, the Macho River flows over 69.6 kilometres (43.2 mi) according to the following segments:
Upper Macho River (segment of 46.7 kilometres (29.0 mi))
Lower Macho River (segment of 26.0 kilometres (16.2 mi))
The Macho River discharges at the bottom of a bay on the north shore of Berthelot Lake (elevation: 385 metres (1,263 ft) which empties onto the north shore of the Mégiscane River The latter is a tributary of Parent Lake (Abitibi) .This latter lake empties into the Bell River, a tributary of Matagami Lake. in turn flows into the Nottaway River, a tributary of the southeast shore of James Bay.
This confluence of the Macho River with Berthelot Lake (Mégiscane River) is located opposite the confluence of the Berthelot River (Mégiscane River); upstream of Rapides Manidioc and the confluence of the Achepabanca River; and downstream of the confluence of the Whitegoose River. Specifically, the Macho River flows to:
The toponym "Macho River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]