Athabasca River

Summary

Athabasca River is a river^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Athabasca River is located in Alberta^[3].
• Athabasca River is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Athabasca River is on the continent of North America^[5].
• Athabasca River's instance of is recorded as river^[6].
• Athabasca River's instance of is recorded as Canadian Heritage Rivers System^[7].
• Athabasca River's inflows is recorded as Athabasca Glacier^[8].
• Athabasca River's basin country is recorded as Canada^[9].
• Athabasca River's Commons category is recorded as Athabasca River^[10].
• Athabasca River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Lake Athabasca^[11].
• Athabasca River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Slave River^[12].
• Athabasca River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Athabasca^[13].
• Athabasca River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.66696, 'lon': -110.83517}^[14].
• Athabasca River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Columbia Icefield^[15].
• Athabasca River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Athabasca River^[16].
• Athabasca River's Commons gallery is recorded as Athabasca River^[17].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Lesser Slave River^[18].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Maligne River^[19].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Pembina River^[20].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as McLeod River^[21].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as La Biche River^[22].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Clearwater River^[23].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Firebag River^[24].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Richardson River^[25].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Sunwapta River^[26].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Snaring River^[27].

Body

Geography

Athabasca River is in the country of Canada^[4]. It is located in Alberta^[3]. It is on the continent of North America^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Athabasca River sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+207'}^[28]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1231'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include river^[6] and Canadian Heritage Rivers System^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Athabasca River include Athabascasaurus^[30], a fossil taxon^[31]; Athabasca Valles^[32], an outflow channel^[33]; and Athabasca oil sands^[34], an oil field^[35], in Canada^[36].

Why It Matters

Athabasca River has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for it include Athabascasaurus^[30], a fossil taxon^[31]; Athabasca Valles^[32], an outflow channel^[33]; and Athabasca oil sands^[34], an oil field^[35], in Canada^[36].