Saskatchewan River
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| Country | Canada |
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| Regions | Manitoba, Saskatchewan |
| Source confluence | North and South Saskatchewan Rivers |
| - location | 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| - elevation | 380 m (1,247 ft) |
| - coordinates | 53°14′6″N 105°4′58″W / 53.23500°N 105.08278°W |
| Mouth | Lake Winnipeg |
| - location | Grand Rapids, Manitoba |
| - elevation | 220 m (722 ft) |
| - coordinates | 53°11′6″N 99°15′22″W / 53.18500°N 99.25611°WCoordinates: 53°11′6″N 99°15′22″W / 53.18500°N 99.25611°W |
| Length | 547 km (340 mi) |
| Basin | 335,900 km2 (129,700 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for The Pas, Manitoba |
| - average | 634 m3/s (22,389 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 3,000 m3/s (105,944 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 54 m3/s (1,907 cu ft/s) |
 Map of Saskatchewan River & Watershed
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The Saskatchewan River (Cree: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy, "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada, about 550 kilometres (340 mi) long, flowing 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 central Canada, stretching westward to the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and northwestern Montana in the United States. It reaches 1,939 kilometres (1,205 mi) to its farthest headwaters on the Bow River, a tributary of the South Saskatchewan in Alberta.
It is formed in central Saskatchewan, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Prince Albert, by the confluence of its two major branches, the North Saskatchewan and the South Saskatchewan, at the Saskatchewan River Forks. Both source rivers originate from glaciers in the Alberta Rockies. The St. Mary River, draining the Hudson Bay Divide region of Glacier National Park, also empties into the Saskatchewan River via the south fork.
The combined stream flows east-northeast, into Codette Lake formed by the Francois Finlay Dam at Nipawin then into Tobin Lake, formed by the E.B. Campbell Dam. It then flows northeast, passing through a region of marshes, where it is joined from the northwest by the Torch River and the Mossy River. At the northern edge of the marshes it flows east, twisting between a series of small lakes into west-central Manitoba to The Pas, where it is joined from the southwest by the Carrot River. Southeast of The Pas, it forms several streams in a delta on the northwest side of Cedar Lake, then exiting the lake on its southeast end and flowing approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) to Lake Winnipeg, entering on the northwest shore north of Long Point. The waters of Lake Winnipeg eventually drain into Hudson Bay, via the Nelson River.
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