Hay River (Canada)

Infobox River
river_name = Hay River
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caption =
origin = Northern Alberta
mouth = Hay River, Great Slave Lake
basin_countries = Canada
length = 702 km
elevation = 720 m
mouth_elevation = 156 m
discharge = 3,630,000 dam³
watershed = 48,200 km²

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. [Cite web| url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/rivers.html |author= Atlas of Canada | authorlink= Atlas of Canada | title= Rivers in Canada| accessdate= 2007-05-01]

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, "Meader 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 [ [http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/basins/BasinForm.cfm Environment Alberta - River Basins] ] .

ee also

*Rivers in Canada

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