Rivers of Canada
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IMPORTANT RIVERS
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SOURCE
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OUTFLOW
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Mackenzie (longest river of Canada)
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Head of Finlay river (British Columbia )
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Beaufort sea.
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Yukon
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Junction of Lewes and Pelly rivers
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Bering sea.
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Nelson
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Head of bow river (Canada)
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Hudsonbay.
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Saskatchewan
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Rocky mountain
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L. Winnipeg.
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Peace (bonneted dam is located on the peace river).
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Stikine mountain
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Lake athabaska
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IMPORTANT RIVERS
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INFORMATION
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SOURCE
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QUTELOW
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Mississippi –Missouri river
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Delta-bird’s foot delta (new Orleans is
located)
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St. Louis is located on the confluence of
Mississippi and Missouri river.
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Major tributaries are the Ohio (eastern) and
the Arkansas (western.)
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One of the world’s largest watersheds which
includes at least 25 states.
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Red rock of Montana
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Gulf to Mexico.
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St. Lawrence river
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Busiest inland waterway in North America.
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Iroquois amend locks, and Niagara falls are
located.
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Lake Ontario
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Gulf of st. Lawrence.
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Colorado river
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Tributaries: little Colorado,
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Green river and river gala
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Hoover and boulder damage the main dam’s
uncolored river.
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Imperial Valley (an area of inland drainage)
of the Colorado River is an important region for cotton cultivation.
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Grand country
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Gulf of California.
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Columbia river.
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Snake River is the main or biggest tributary
of Columbia River.
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Part of the basin is situated in Washington,
Idaho, and Canadian province of British Columbia.
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Pacific ocean
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Sacramento river
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It flows through central valleys and Shasta, Keswick, etc, are main
dams on the Sacramento river.
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Cascade and sierra Nevada mountains
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Pacific ocean
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San Joaquin river.
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Friend dam is built on it
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Cascade and sierra Nevada mountains
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Pacific ocean
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Rio grand river
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It forms the natural boundary between USA and Mexico.
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Gulf of Mexico
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