Nelson River

Nelson River
Nelson River near Norway House
Map of the Nelson River drainage basin
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Winnipeg
 • locationWarren Landing, Manitoba
 • coordinates53°41′20″N 97°50′52″W / 53.68889°N 97.84778°W / 53.68889; -97.84778
 • elevation217 m (712 ft)
MouthHudson Bay
 • location
Port Nelson, Manitoba
 • coordinates
57°5′5″N 92°30′8″W / 57.08472°N 92.50222°W / 57.08472; -92.50222[1]
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length644 km (400 mi)[2]
Basin size1,072,300 km2 (414,000 sq mi)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationHudson Bay (near mouth)
 • average(Period: 1984–2018)111 km3/a (3,500 m3/s)[5] 2,370 m3/s (84,000 cu ft/s)[2]
 • minimum1,000 m3/s (35,000 cu ft/s)[4]
 • maximum7,000 m3/s (250,000 cu ft/s)[4]
Basin features
River systemNelson River
Tributaries 
 • leftBurntwood River, Grass River

The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs 644 kilometres (400 mi) before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is 2,575 kilometres (1,600 mi), it has mean discharge of 2,370 cubic metres per second (84,000 cu ft/s), and has a drainage basin of 1,072,300 square kilometres (414,000 sq mi), of which 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) is in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ "Nelson River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Atlas of Canada
  3. ^ "Canada Drainage Basins". The National Atlas of Canada, 5th edition. Natural Resources Canada. 1985. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b Ruixue, Wang; Greg K., McCullough; Geoffrey G., Gunn; Klaus, P.Hochheim; Abbas, Dorostkar; Kevin, Sydor; David G., Barber (2012). "An observational study of ice effects on Nelson River estuarine variability, Hudson Bay, Canada". Continental Shelf Research. 47: 68-77. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2012.06.014.
  5. ^ Dongmei, Feng; Colin, J. Gleason; Peirong, Lin; Xiao, Yang; Ming, Pan; Yuta, Ishitsuka (2021). "Recent changes to Arctic river discharge". Nature Communications. 12 (6917). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27228-1. PMC 8617260.