North Saskatchewan River
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Key facts
- Etymology
- Plains Cree: 'fast current / swift-flowing river' Blackfoot: 'big river'
- Country
- Canada
- Provinces
- Alberta Saskatchewan
- Cities
- Edmonton, AB North Battleford, SK Prince Albert, SK
- Source
- Rocky Mountains
- Location
- Saskatchewan Glacier , Alberta
- Coordinates
- 52°09′22″N 117°10′54″W / 52.15611°N 117.18167°W / 52.15611; -117.18167
- Elevation
- 2,080 m (6,820 ft)
- Mouth
- Saskatchewan River
- Length
- 1,287 km (800 mi)
- Basin size
- 122,800 km (47,400 sq mi)
- Average
- 238 m /s (8,400 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 19 m /s (670 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 5,660 m /s (200,000 cu ft/s)
- River system
- Nelson River
- Left
- Brazeau River
- Right
- Clearwater River Vermilion River Battle River
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows into the Hudson Bay via Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River.
The Saskatchewan River system is the largest shared between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Its watershed includes most of southern and central Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “North Saskatchewan River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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