Slave river
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Slave River Slave River , rivière des Esclaves |
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 The Slave River catchment area in Northern Canada |
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| Data | ||
| location | Alberta , Northwest Territories ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Mackenzie River | |
| Drain over | Mackenzie River → Arctic Ocean | |
| origin |
Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan 58 ° 42 ′ 7 ″ N , 111 ° 11 ′ 41 ″ W |
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| Source height | 213 m | |
| muzzle | in the Great Slave Sea Coordinates: 61 ° 16 ′ 43 ″ N , 113 ° 35 ′ 8 ″ W 61 ° 16 ′ 43 ″ N , 113 ° 35 ′ 8 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 156 m | |
| Height difference | 57 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.13 ‰ | |
| length | 434 km | |
| Catchment area | 616,400 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge at Fitzgerald A Eo : 606,000 km² |
MQ 1921/2000 Mq 1921/2000 |
3414 m³ / s 5.6 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Peace River | |
| Communities | Fort Fitzgerald , Fort Smith , Fort Resolution | |
 Rhinoceros pelicans on the shore at Fort Smith |
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The river Slave (also "slave river"; French rivière des Esclaves ) is a 434 km long river along the eastern border of the Wood Buffalo National Park in the central to northwestern part of Canada .
It forms the drain of Lake Athabasca in Alberta , then takes in the waters of the Peace River , and flows another 415 km north through the Northwest Territories , until it finally flows into the Great Slave Lake . The river belongs to the river system of the Mackenzie River .
The name of the river has nothing to do with the term "slavery". Details on the origin of the name can be found in the article on the Great Slave Lake .
Places on the river
- Fort Fitzgerald ( Alberta )
- Fort Smith ( NWT )
- Fort Resolution (NWT)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Atlas of Canada - Rivers
- ↑ Slave River at the gauge near Fitzgerald - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET