Beaver River (Churchill River)
| Beaver River | ||
 The Beaver River south of Lac La Biche |
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| Data | ||
| location | Alberta , Saskatchewan ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Churchill River | |
| Drain over | Churchill River → Hudson Bay | |
| origin |
Beaver Lake 54 ° 42 ′ 21 " N , 111 ° 48 ′ 59" W. |
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| Source height | 559 m | |
| muzzle |
Lac Île-à-la-Crosse coordinates: 55 ° 25 '51 " N , 107 ° 45' 23" W 55 ° 25 '51 " N , 107 ° 45' 23" W. |
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| Mouth height | 421 m | |
| Height difference | 138 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.28 ‰ | |
| length | 491 km | |
| Catchment area | > 45,000 km² | |
| Discharge at Cold Lake Reserve A Eo gauge : 14,500 km² |
MQ 1955/2000 Mq 1955/2000 |
20 m³ / s 1.4 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the Dorintosh A Eo gauge : 20,500 km² |
MQ 1933/1997 Mq 1933/1997 |
20 m³ / s 1 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the gauge below Waterhen River A Eo : 45,000 km² |
MQ 1971/1997 Mq 1971/1997 |
46 m³ / s 1 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Sand River , Waterhen River | |
| Right tributaries | Amisk River , Cowan River, Meadow River, Makwa River , Mooselake River , Doré River , Rivière la Plonge | |
| Small towns | Cold Lake | |
The Beaver River (literally means " beaver -flow") is a major river in the eastern central Alberta and in Central Saskatchewan in Canada .
The Beaver River has a drainage area of 14,500 km² in Alberta, where it drains the lake system in Lac La Biche County . The total length is 491 km.
The river was first mentioned in the Turnor Map from 1790 and confirmed in the Harmon Map from 1820.
Course of the river
The Beaver River has its origin in Beaver Lake south of Lac La Biche and the Northern Woods and Water Route . It flows south and then turns east, crossing the Alberta-Saskatchewan border south of Cold Lake . At this point its mean discharge is 20.7 m³ / s. It continues its way east to the settlement of Green Lake , where it turns north and flows into Lac Île-à-la-Crosse , which is part of the Churchill Lake system. From there the water flows over the Churchill River to Hudson Bay .
Tributaries
- Amisk River
- Fork Creek
- Columbine Creek
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Mooselake River
- Thinlake River
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Sand river
- Wolf River
- Manatokan Creek
- Jackfish Creek
- Marie Creek
- Muriel Creek
- Reita Creek
- Redspring Creek
- Makwa River
- Meadow River
- Waterhen River
fauna
The Beaver River includes a. The following fish species: Eyeglasses , Canadian pikeperch ( Sander canadensis ), American perch , pike , American char , herring vendace , American whitefish ( Coregonus artedi ), Catostomus commersonii , Catostomus catostomus catostomus and burbot .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alberta-Lakes ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b Beaver River at the gauge below Waterhen River - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Beaver River at the Cold Lake Reserve gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Beaver River at the Dorintosh gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Atlas of Alberta Lakes ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Beaver Lake
