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river in Alberta and Northwest Territories

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Country
Canada
Location
Peace-Athabasca Delta
Coordinates
58°59′53″N 111°24′33″W / 58.99793°N 111.40906°W / 58.99793; -111.40906 ( Slave River origin )
Elevation
210 m (690 ft)
Length
434 km (270 mi)
Basin size
616,400 km (238,000 sq mi)
Average
3,414 m /s (120,600 cu ft/s) max: 7,930 m /s (280,000 cu ft/s) min: 543 m /s (19,200 cu ft/s) ( for Fitzgerald, Alberta )

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Length
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Slave River
watershed area
616400
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The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from the confluence of the Rivière des Rochers and Peace River in northeastern Alberta and runs into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. The river's name is thought to derive from the name for the Slavey group of the Dene First Nations, Deh Gah Gotʼine, in the Athabaskan languages. The Chipewyan had displaced other native people from this region.

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