Nelson River
| Nelson River | |
|---|---|
Nelson River near Norway House | |
Map of the Nelson River drainage basin | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Winnipeg |
| • location | Warren Landing, Manitoba |
| • coordinates | 53°41′20″N 97°50′52″W / 53.68889°N 97.84778°W |
| • elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Mouth | Hudson Bay |
• location | Port Nelson, Manitoba |
• coordinates | 57°5′5″N 92°30′8″W / 57.08472°N 92.50222°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 644 km (400 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,072,300 km2 (414,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Hudson Bay (near mouth) |
| • average | (Period: 1984–2018) 111 km3/a (3,500 m3/s) 2,370 m3/s (84,000 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 1,000 m3/s (35,000 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 7,000 m3/s (250,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Nelson River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Burntwood River, Grass River |
The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs 644 kilometres (400 mi) before it ends in Hudson Bay near Port Nelson. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is 2,575 kilometres (1,600 mi), it has mean discharge of 2,370 cubic metres per second (84,000 cu ft/s), and has a drainage basin of 1,072,300 square kilometres (414,000 sq mi), of which 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) is in the United States.