Cree River (Fond du Lac River)

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Cree River
Data
location Saskatchewan (Canada)
River system Mackenzie River
Drain over Fond du Lac River  → Slave River  → Mackenzie River  → Arctic Ocean
origin Cree Lake
57 ° 43 ′ 6 ″  N , 106 ° 17 ′ 19 ″  W.
Source height 487  m
muzzle Black Lake Coordinates: 58 ° 57 '1 "  N , 105 ° 47' 3"  W 58 ° 57 '1 "  N , 105 ° 47' 3"  W.
Mouth height 281  m
Height difference 206 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.4 ‰
length approx. 150 km
Catchment area approx. 20,700 km²
Left tributaries Pipestone River
Right tributaries Little Cree River , Badwater River
Flowing lakes Wapata Lake

Cree River is a river in central-northern Saskatchewan in Canada .

The river has its origin in Cree Lake . It drains it northwards. After about 150 km it reaches the southwest end of Black Lake , through which the Fond du Lac River flows. A few kilometers before its confluence with Black Lake, the Cree River flows through Wapata Lake .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ↑ Cree River (Fond du Lac River) at the gauge at the outflow from Wapata Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET