Hay River is a large river in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada.
It originates in the muskeg of north western Alberta, flows west to British Columbia, then returns to Alberta, where it follows a northern course towards the Northwest Territories, where it discharges in the Great Slave Lake. From there its waters are carried to the Arctic Ocean by the Mackenzie River.
Hay River has a total length of 702 km and a drainage a...
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Hay River is a large river in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada.
It originates in the muskeg of north western Alberta, flows west to British Columbia, then returns to Alberta, where it follows a northern course towards the Northwest Territories, where it discharges in the Great Slave Lake. From there its waters are carried to the Arctic Ocean by the Mackenzie River.
Hay River has a total length of 702 km and a drainage area of 48,200 km².
Tributaries of the Hay River are the Chinchaga River, Meader River, Steen River, Melvin River and Little Hay River. Zama Lake and Hay Lake are also located in the Hay River basin. Rainbow Lake is formed along the river itself.
Communities along the Hay River basin include Rainbow Lake, Meander River, Steen River, Indian Cabins in Alberta and Enterprise and the homonymous Hay River in the Northwest Territories.
At the Alberta/Northwest Territories border, the annual discharge is 3,630,000 dam³.
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