Whitesand River (Saskatchewan)
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| location | Saskatchewan (Canada) | |
| River system | Nelson River | |
| Drain over | Assiniboine River → Red River of the North → Nelson River → Hudson Bay | |
| source |
Beaver Hills, Saskatchewan 51 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 103 ° 26 ′ 4 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 671 m | |
| muzzle |
Assiniboine River near Kamsack (Saskatchewan) Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 4 " N , 101 ° 55 ′ 22" W 51 ° 34 ′ 4 " N , 101 ° 55 ′ 22" W |
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| Mouth height | 448 m | |
| Height difference | 223 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.4 ‰ | |
| length | 163 km | |
| Catchment area | 2340 km² | |
| Outflow at the Canora gauge |
MQ HHQ |
2.5 m³ / s 87 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Yorkton Creek | |
| Communities | Kamsack | |
The Whitesand River is a right tributary of the Assiniboine River in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan .
It flows for a length of 163 km from its headwaters in the Beaver Hills northwest of Yorkton in an easterly direction until it flows into the Assiniboine River at Kamsack , whose largest tributary in Saskatchewan it is. The river is frozen over in the winter months and can then be navigated by vehicles. It reaches the greatest discharge in April and May during the snowmelt with up to 87 m³ / s, 35 times the long-term average.
The Whitesand River flows through Foam Lake , the Canora Weir reservoir and the Theodore Reservoir, among others . Numerous fish live in rivers and lakes, e. B. pike , glass perch , river perch , burbot , stone perch , moon-eye and various types of sucker carp .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Whitesand River at the Kamsack gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET ( 51 ° 34 ′ N , 101 ° 55 ′ W )
- ↑ a b Whitesand River at the Canora gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET ( 51 ° 38 ′ N , 102 ° 22 ′ W , largest discharge and long-term mean extrapolated to the discharge area of the estuary at Kamsack (2340 km² / 2000 km²))
- ↑ Report on the water catchment area of the Assiniboine River in Saskatchewan ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Publication of the provincial government
