Saskatchewan River

Saskatchewan River
Map of Saskatchewan River & Watershed
Location
Country	Canada
Region	Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Physical characteristics
2nd source	Confluence of North and South Saskatchewan Rivers
• location	40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
• coordinates	53°14′6″N 105°4′58″W / 53.23500°N 105.08278°W / 53.23500; -105.08278
• elevation	380 m (1,250 ft)
Mouth	Lake Winnipeg
• location	Grand Rapids, Manitoba
• coordinates	53°11′6″N 99°15′22″W / 53.18500°N 99.25611°W / 53.18500; -99.25611
• elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Length	547 km (340 mi)
Basin size	335,900 km2 (129,700 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	The Pas, Manitoba
• average	634 m3/s (22,400 cu ft/s)
• minimum	54 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)
• maximum	3,000 m3/s (110,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Nelson River
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The Saskatchewan River (Cree: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐊᐧᓂ ᓰᐱᕀ, "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada. It stretches about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from where it is formed by the joining of the North Saskatchewan River and South Saskatchewan River just east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It flows roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to empty into Lake Winnipeg. Through its tributaries the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan, its watershed encompasses much of the prairie regions of Canada, stretching westward to the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and north-western Montana in the United States.

Including its tributaries, it reaches 1,939 kilometres (1,205 mi) to its farthest headwaters on the Bow River, a tributary of the South Saskatchewan in Alberta.^[4]