Raft River (British Columbia)

For other places with the same name, see Raft River and Raft River (Washington).
Raft River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Land DistrictKamloops Division Yale
Physical characteristics
SourceColumbia Mountains
MouthNorth Thompson River
 • location
east of Clearwater, Thompson Country
 • coordinates
51°37′55″N 119°59′32″W / 51.63194°N 119.99222°W / 51.63194; -119.99222[1]
 • elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)[2]
Length78 km (48 mi)[3]
Basin size764 km2 (295 sq mi)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationmouth[4]
 • average15.2 m3/s (540 cu ft/s)[4]
 • minimum0.283 m3/s (10.0 cu ft/s)
 • maximum142 m3/s (5,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightWest Raft River

The Raft River is a tributary of the North Thompson River, one of the main tributaries of the Fraser River, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It flows through the Shuswap Highland region southeast of Wells Gray Provincial Park. Most of the Raft River's watershed lies outside the boundaries of Wells Gray, except for some of the headwaters of the West Raft River tributary.

  1. ^ "Raft River". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS coordinates
  3. ^ "Raft River Bank Stabilization and Instream Habitat Enhancement Project". Wildlife Habitat Council. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Search for Station 08LB017 Raft River near Clearwater (1914–1958)