Saskatchewan - a large river in Canada , about 550 km long, flows strictly east through the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba ; flows into Lake Winnipeg . It has tributaries North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan , originating in the Rocky Mountains in the province of Alberta . Two hydroelectric power plants were built on the river: one in Saskatchewan, the other in Manitoba.
| Saskatchewan | |
|---|---|
| English Saskatchewan river | |
 Saskatchewan River Bridge | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 550 km |
| Pool | 335,900 km² |
| Water consumption | 590 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | center of saskatchewan |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Winnipeg |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Winnipeg → Nelson → Arctic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Regions | Saskatchewan , Manitoba |
 - source  - mouth | |
Saskatchewan and its tributaries form one of the largest basins in North America . The basin includes part of the state of Montana in the USA , part of the Canadian province of Manitoba and most of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. About three million people live in the river basin [1] .
The river, like Saskatchewan, takes its name from the language of the Cree Indians - isiskāciwani-sīpiy , which means “ fast river ”. In 1690, , an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, was the first European to see Saskatchewan, and the following year went upstream from the estuary in Lake Winnipeg. Thus, Kelsey was also the first European to visit the Canadian prairies. In 1741, the expedition of La Verandri [ specify ] traveled to South Saskatchewan , and already in 1774 Matthew Cocking and Samuel Hearn established the first trading post on Lake [2] .
In 2012, the Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers were nominated for inclusion in the Canada List of Protected Rivers [3] .
Notes
- ↑ site of the Canadian Council for Geographic Education page
- ↑ Hugh Macklennan “Seven Rivers of Canada” (with notes by Andrey Cherkasov), Moscow, Progress, 1990
- ↑ CHRS - Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan Rivers
Literature
- McLennan H. Seven Rivers of Canada = Seven rivers of Canada. Toronto, 1961 / Hugh MacLennan; Per. from English V. N. Kondrakova ; Ed. and with the foreword. A.I. Cherkasov ; Ed. T. A. Olsevich; Hood. E.A. Antonenkov . - M .: Progress , 1990 .-- S. 181-200. - 288 p. - 50,000 copies. - ISBN 5-01-002050-5 . (region)
Links
- Saskatchewan, river // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.