Assiniboine River

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prairie river river

The Assiniboine River is a major prairie river in Western Canada that flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba before joining the Red River at Winnipeg.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Assiniboine River valley	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	prairie river ⓘ river ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ
confluenceLocation	Winnipeg NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
crossesProvince	Manitoba ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ
drainageBasin	Hudson Bay drainage basin ⓘ
ecoregion	Prairie ecozone ⓘ
flowsGenerally	southeast ⓘ
flowsInto	Hudson Bay drainage basin ⓘ surface form: United States–Canada Red River basin
flowsThrough	Brandon, Manitoba ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Portage la Prairie, Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ Winnipeg, Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFloodHistory	major flooding in 2011 ⓘ major flooding in 2014 ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	Portage Diversion ⓘ Shellmouth Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary	Little Saskatchewan River ⓘ Qu’Appelle River ⓘ Shell River NERFINISHED ⓘ Souris River ⓘ
hasValley	Assiniboine River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Assiniboine River valley
historicalUse	Indigenous travel and trade route ⓘ fur trade transportation route ⓘ
length	approximately 1070 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Canada ⓘ
managedBy	Manitoba ⓘ surface form: Province of Manitoba Saskatchewan ⓘ surface form: Province of Saskatchewan
mouth	Red River of the North ⓘ
namedAfter	Assiniboine people ⓘ
nearbyCity	Brandon ⓘ Portage la Prairie ⓘ Winnipeg NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Red River Basin ⓘ surface form: Red River watershed
passesNear	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ surface form: Regina, Saskatchewan Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ surface form: Yorkton, Saskatchewan
region	Western Canada ⓘ surface form: Canadian Prairies
sourceLocation	Saskatchewan ⓘ surface form: eastern Saskatchewan
supports	agricultural lands along its valley ⓘ
tributaryOf	Red River of the North ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power (small-scale) ⓘ irrigation ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Manitoba → hasMajorRiver → Assiniboine River ⓘ

Assiniboine River → hasValley → Assiniboine River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assiniboine River valley

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada → locatedOnRiver → Assiniboine River ⓘ

subject surface form: Winnipeg