Slave River

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Slave River is a major waterway in northern Canada that flows from Lake Athabasca into Great Slave Lake, forming part of the Mackenzie River drainage basin.

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Slave River canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
waterway
continent North America
country Canada
dischargesInto Great Slave Lake
drainageBasin Arctic Ocean
flowsDirection generally northward
flowsFrom Lake Athabasca
flowsInto Great Slave Lake
flowsThrough Alberta
Fort Fitzgerald
Fort Smith
Northwest Territories
hasAverageDischarge several thousand cubic metres per second (order of magnitude)
hasBasinCountry Canada
hasFeature series of large rapids between Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith
hasIceCover seasonal winter ice
hasMajorPortage Portage around Slave River rapids near Fort Smith
hasMouth Great Slave Lake
hasRapids Cassette Rapids
Mountain Rapids
Pelican Rapids
The Rapids of the Drowned
hasSource Lake Athabasca
hasWildlife American white pelican
migratory waterfowl
historicallyUsedBy Hudson's Bay Company
Indigenous peoples
fur traders
languageOfName English
length approximately 270 miles
approximately 434 km
locatedIn Alberta
Northern Canada
Northwest Territories
namedFor Slavey people
surface form: Slavey people (historical ethnonym context)
partOf Mackenzie River Basin
surface form: Mackenzie River drainage basin

Mackenzie River Basin
surface form: Mackenzie River system
region Subarctic
tributaryOf Mackenzie River system via Great Slave Lake
usedFor hydroelectric potential
recreation
river navigation (partially)
subsistence fishing
watershedArea part of the Mackenzie River watershed

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mackenzie River hasMajorTributary Slave River
Peace River mouth Slave River
Peace River dischargesInto Slave River
Great Slave Lake primaryInflow Slave River
northern Alberta contains Slave River
subject surface form: Northern Alberta