Slave River

The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from the confluence of the Rivière des Rochers and Peace River in northeastern Alberta and runs into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. The river's name is thought to derive from the name for the Slavey group of the Dene First Nations, Deh Gah Gotʼine, in the Athabaskan languages. The Chipewyan had displaced other native people from this region.

Slave River
Slave River Watershed
Location
CountryCanada
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPeace-Athabasca Delta
 • coordinates58.99793°N 111.40906°W / 58.99793; -111.40906 (Slave River origin)
 • elevation210 m (690 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Great Slave Lake
 • coordinates
61.28019°N 113.58798°W / 61.28019; -113.58798 (Slave River mouth)
 • elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Length434 km (270 mi)
Basin size616,400 km2 (238,000 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average
  • 3,414 m3/s (120,600 cu ft/s)
  • max: 7,930 m3/s (280,000 cu ft/s)
  • min: 543 m3/s (19,200 cu ft/s) (for Fitzgerald, Alberta)
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