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The crater in winter, as seen from space. The reservoir is located in Manicouagan Regional County Municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, [3] about 300 km (190 mi) north of the city of Baie-Comeau, although its northernmost part is located in Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality.
The Manicouagan – Uapishka Biosphere Reserve was formed by the erosion of millions of years, combined with the collision of a huge meteorite, the crushing passage of glaciers and an ancient sea that smoothed the land. The impact of the meteorite formed the crater and circular lake that characterize this biosphere reserve.
The Manicouagan or Manicuagan River, often clipped to Manic, is a river in Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The river originates in the Manicouagan Reservoir and flows approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) south, emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Baie-Comeau . [ 1 ]
Manicouagan may refer to: Manicouagan crater, an impact crater in Quebec; Manicouagan Reservoir, formed when the Manicouagan impact crater was converted to a reservoir. Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, Quebec; Manicouagan River; Manicouagan (electoral district) Manicouagan Uapishka Biosphere Reserve
Scientists have long puzzled over the impacts of the "Manicouagan event" and at one point it was thought to have caused the Jurassic-Triassic extinction. Asteroid once-believed to have wiped out ...
The impact of the asteroid formed a crater roughly 100 km in diameter, the centre of which forms the island known today. It became an artificial island when the Manicouagan reservoir was flooded in 1970, merging two crescent-shaped lakes: Mouchalagane Lake on the western side and Manicouagan Lake on the eastern side. [2]
With an area of 23,540 hectares, which makes it - by far - the largest of the entire Quebec network, the Louis-Babel Ecological Reserve occupies Mount Babel, in the northern part of the René-Levasseur Island (Manicouagan Reservoir). It is located in unorganized territory of the Regional County Municipality of Manicouagan.
The Daniel-Johnson dam (French: Barrage Daniel-Johnson), formerly known as Manic-5, is a multiple-arch buttress dam on the Manicouagan River that creates the annular Manicouagan Reservoir. The dam is composed of 14 buttresses and 13 arches and is 214 km (133 mi) north of Baie-Comeau in Quebec , Canada.