The Cree River is a river in northern
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...
located in the
Athabasca Basin
The Athabasca Basin is a region in the Canadian Shield of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada. It is best known as the world's leading source of high-grade uranium and currently supplies about 20% of the world's uranium.
The basin i ...
of the
Canadian Shield
The Canadian Shield (french: Bouclier canadien ), also called the Laurentian Plateau, is a geologic shield, a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. It forms the North American Craton (or Laurentia), the anc ...
. The river flows north from
Cree Lake
Cree Lake is a lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. The lake is the fourth largest in the province and is located west of Reindeer Lake and south of Lake Athabasca. There is no highway access, but the lake is reachable by float plane.
Cree Lake (Cryst ...
to
Black Lake. The river is part of the
Mackenzie River drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
.
The river is bridged near its mouth south of Black Lake by
Highway 905
Tributaries
*Pipestone River flows in from the left at .
*Timson River (left).
*Little Cree River (right)
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Rapid River (Cree River)
The Rapid River is a river in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of the Mackenzie River drainage basin.
Hydrology
The Rapid River begins at an unnamed lake at an elevation of . It travels north to Kirsch Lake at an elevation of , whe ...
See also
*
List of rivers of Saskatchewan
This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada.
The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically.
Principal river statistics
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References
External links
Rivers of Saskatchewan
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