CEN project

Vallée de la rivière Narsajuaq

Narsajuaq river valley august 4, 2015 (Photocredit: Samuel Gagnon,CEN)
Narsajuaq river valley august 4, 2015 (Photocredit: Samuel Gagnon,CEN)

Measurement site

Latitude
62.16472222
Longitude
75.79805556
Altitude (m)
0

Site location

About 9 km west of Salluit, Nunavik (Canada).

Site description

This glacial valley is mainly composed of fluvial terraces of different elevations. Ice-wedge networks are present on most of the terraces and the vegetation is mostly composed of graminoids and shrubs.