Lesser Slave Lake
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Key facts
- Location
- Big Lakes / Lesser Slave River No. 124 , Alberta
- Type
- Eutrophic
- Primary inflows
- South Heart River , Swan River Driftpile River , Assineau River , Marten River
- Primary outflows
- Lesser Slave River
- Catchment area
- 13,900 km (5,400 sq mi)
- Basin countries
- Canada
- Max length
- +100 km (62 mi)
- Max width
- 15 km (9.3 mi)
- Surface area
- 1,168 km (451 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 11.4 m (37 ft)
- Max depth
- 20.5 m (67 ft)
- Water volume
- 13.69 km (11.10 × 10 ^ acre⋅ft)
- Shore length
- 247 km (153 mi)
- Surface elevation
- 578 m (1,896 ft)
- Settlements
- Slave Lake , High Prairie , Alberta
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Alberta
- Area
- 1168
- Elevation
- 578
- Image
- SW Lesser Slave Lake.jpg
- Width
- 15
- Length
- 100
- Perimeter
- 247
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- Commons category
- Lesser Slave Lake
- outflows
- Lesser Slave River
- watershed area
- 13900
- vertical depth
- 114
- volume as quantity
- 13690
- basin country
- Canada
- different from
- Great Slave Lake
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lesser Slave Lake is located in northern Alberta, Canada, northwest of Edmonton. It is the second largest lake entirely within Alberta boundaries (and the largest easily accessible by vehicle), covering 1,160 km (450 sq mi) and measuring over 100 km (62 mi) long and 15 km (9.3 mi) at its widest point. Lesser Slave Lake averages 11.4 m (37 ft) in depth and is 20.5 m (67 ft) at its deepest. It drains eastwards into the Athabasca River by way of the Lesser Slave River.
The town of Slave Lake is located at the eastern tip of the lake, around the outflow of Lesser Slave River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lesser Slave Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.