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The Saskatchewan River Delta (SRD), also known as Cumberland Marshes, is a large alluvial delta that straddles the border of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Western Canada. Currently terminating at Cedar Lake, Manitoba , the delta is composed mainly of various types of wetlands , shallow lakes , and active and abandoned river ...
The Cumberland Marshes, also known as the Saskatchewan River Delta, is one of the largest inland deltas in North America. [5] The lease was bounded by the Dragline Channel on the west, Old Saskatchewan River Channel on the north, Birch River [6] on the south, and the Manitoba border on the east.
The Saskatchewan River (Cree: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐊᐧᓂ ᓰᐱᕀ, "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada. It stretches about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from where it is formed by the joining of the North Saskatchewan River and South Saskatchewan River just east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan .
River basins in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan , a province of Canada . The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically.
Cumberland Island, [1] also known as Pine Island, [2] is a small island in the Saskatchewan River Delta in the east-central region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan River Delta is one of the largest active inland deltas in North America. Cumberland Island is situated between Cumberland Lake to the north and the ...
The Athabasca basin, a historical fluvial siliciclastic basin with sediments from the Hudsonian mountains with the occasional rare marine sequence. [16] [dead link ] The Athabasca basin was formed during the Statherian or Paleohelikian 1.7 to 1.6 billion years ago when coarse fluvial and marine clastic sediments were laid down containing gold, copper, lead, zinc, and uranium oxides.
The Torch River is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River and it flows into one of North America's largest inland fresh water deltas, the Saskatchewan River Delta. [4] The river begins at the south-east corner of Candle Lake from a dam at Hanson Bay near Minowakaw Beach Campground [5] in the RM of Paddockwood No. 520.
White Gull Creek [1] is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The river's source is White Gull Lake, near the south-western boundary of Narrow Hills Provincial Park [2] and near the southern slopes of the Cub Hills. [3] The river travels through boreal forest [4] and muskeg en route to its mouth at the Torch River.