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Harricana River

The 790th longest river in the world

533 km

The Harricana River (Rivière Harricana, pronounced [ʁivjɛʁ aʁikana]) (also known as Harricanaw River) is a river in western Quebec and northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is 533 kilometres (331 mi) long, has a drainage area of 29,300 square kilometres (11, 300 sq mi), and has a mean discharge of 570 cubic metres per second (20, 000 cu ft/s). While 80% of its drainage area is in Quebec, the river flows for a short distance through Ontario before it ends in Hannah Bay off James Bay. Because of its undeveloped nature, easy upstream access, and the possibility to paddle to and take out at Moosonee, the Harricana River is popular for canoeing trips to James Bay.

Flows through: Canada.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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