Piwei River
| Piwei River | |
|---|---|
Nelson River drainage basin | |
Location of the mouth in Saskatchewan Piwei River (Canada) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | |
| Rural municipality | RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Porcupine Hills |
| • location | Piwei Lakes |
| • coordinates | 52°32′11″N 103°09′29″W / 52.5365°N 103.1580°W |
| • elevation | 511 m (1,677 ft) |
| Mouth | Etomami River |
• coordinates | 52°26′01″N 102°40′49″W / 52.4336°N 102.6802°W |
• elevation | 477 m (1,565 ft) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Red Deer River |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Big Valley Creek, Ravina Creek, Cameron Creek, Gara Creek |
Piwei River is a river in the east-central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada. It begins at the western end of the Porcupine Hills at Piwei Lakes and heads in an easterly direction through a glacier-formed valley and into the Etomami River, which is a tributary of the Red Deer River.
The river is accessed from Highways 984 and 983. Save for a small recreation park on the river's north bank, there are no communities nor settlements along its course. Big Valley Lake Ecological Reserve, one of Saskatchewan's Representative Area Ecological Reserves, is in Piwei River's watershed upstream along Big Valley Creek's course on the shore of Big Valley Lake.