Raft River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Land District | Kamloops Division Yale |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Columbia Mountains |
Mouth | North Thompson River |
• location | east of Clearwater, Thompson Country |
• coordinates | 51°37′55″N 119°59′32″W / 51.63194°N 119.99222°W[3] |
• elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft)[4] |
Length | 78 km (48 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 764 km2 (295 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth[2] |
• average | 15.2 m3/s (540 cu ft/s)[2] |
• minimum | 0.283 m3/s (10.0 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 142 m3/s (5,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | West 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.