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The St. Lawrence river is massive. The total watershed is larger than the Hudson , Connecticut, Merrimack and four largest rivers of Maine combined. Unrelated,
by kubectl_h 4y ago
The St. Lawrence river is massive. The total watershed is larger than the Hudson , Connecticut, Merrimack and four largest rivers of Maine combined.
Unrelated, but the Robert-Bourossa dam spillway can discharge water at a rate similar to the capacity of the St. Lawrence as it flows near Quebec City.
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/09/the-colossal-stepped-spillway-of-robert.html https://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/09/the-colossal-stepped-s...
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- itslennysfault 4y agoIt really is impressive. Knowing that made seeing that the Amazon has approx 13x the flow rate kinda blew my mind.
- yabones 4y agoThe scale of hydropower in QC is absolutely staggering. Even decades after the last major dam was finished, they still get >90% of their power from hydroelectric with very little other sources. Fun fact, the dam reservoirs are so large that they actually caused a slight climate change effect causing harsher winters in nearby parts of the province. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bay_Project#Local_climate_changes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bay_Project#Local_climat...