Athabasca River

Athabasca River at Brule Lake

  • Catchment area of ​​the Athabasca River in western Canada

The Athabasca River (French Rivière Athabasca; German spelling sometimes Athabaska; Cree: " where there are reeds ") is a 1231 km long river in the Canadian province of Alberta, part of the river system of the Mackenzie River.

It rises in the southwestern part of Alberta from the headwaters of the Athabasca Glacier, near the border with the province of British Columbia in Jasper National Park. The 23 m high waterfall Athabasca Falls is located at its upper reaches ( ⊙ 52.663888888889-117.8825 ). He carves in a northeasterly direction its way through the Great Plains to where it ends near the Saskatchewan border in the Lake Athabasca. The catchment area of the Athabasca comprises 153,000 km ².

Important tributaries are the Lesser Slave River, which drains the Little Slave Lake, the McLeod River and the Pembina River.

Places on the river

Drainage level

  • Athabasca River at the level Entrance - hydrographic data from R- ArcticNet
  • Athabasca River at Hinton level - hydrographic data from R- ArcticNet
  • Athabasca River at Athabasca level - hydrographic data from R- ArcticNet
  • Athabasca River at levels below McMurray - hydrographic data from R- ArcticNet
  • Athabasca River at Embarras Airport level - hydrographic data from R- ArcticNet
Jasper-Nationalpark Fort Chipewyan, Alberta Lesser Slave River Maligne River Pembina River (Alberta) Clearwater River (Saskatchewan) Firebag River Town Hinton (Alberta) Municipality Athabasca (Alberta) Lesser Slave Lake Integrated Authority File
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