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- Saskatchewan_River_Delta abstract "The Saskatchewan River Delta (SRD) is a large alluvial delta that straddles the border between the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in south-central Canada. Currently terminating at Cedar Lake, Manitoba, the delta is composed mainly of various types of wetlands, shallow lakes, and active and abandoned river channels bordered by forested natural levees. Sixty-five percent of the delta is occupied by vegetated wetlands, over one third of which comprise peat-forming fens and bogs. Geographically, the SRD consists of two parts---western and eastern---separated by a prominent moraine (The Pas Moraine) that was deposited by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during late stages of the Wisconsinan glacial epoch. These two components, commonly termed the \"upper delta\" and \"lower delta\", together occupy an area of approximately 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi) making the SRD one of the largest active inland delta in North America. The broad wetland tracts of the upper delta in Saskatchewan are sometimes referred to as the Cumberland Marshes. Approximately 5% of the delta surface has been drained for agricultural use following feasibility studies by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in the 1950s.The SRD is fed mainly by the Saskatchewan River, whose drainage basin extends westward to the continental divide and includes the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and much of the high plains region of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan River sensu stricto begins at the confluence of its two main tributaries, the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers, 175 kilometres (109 mi) upstream from the head of the SRD. Approximately 80% of the flow to the delta comes from the Saskatchewan River whereas the other 20% is supplied by smaller streams that enter the SRD at its margins. These include the Torch, Mossy, Grassberry, Sturgeon-Weir, Carrot, and Pasquia Rivers. Most of the SRD is uninhabited, but approximately 15,000 people live in scattered communities around its perimeter, about two-thirds comprising Metis and First Nations peoples and one-third Euro-Canadian. Principal communities, including associated First Nations reserves, are The Pas, Moose Lake, and Cormorant (in Manitoba) and Cumberland House, Red Earth, and Shoal Lake (in Saskatchewan). Well over half of the delta population resides in and near The Pas, situated on the The Pas Moraine between the upper and lower deltas.".
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- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageRevisionID "637797983".
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Alberta.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Alluvium.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Bog.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Bryophyte.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Rockies.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Carrot_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bodies_of_water_of_Manitoba.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bodies_of_water_of_Saskatchewan.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Category:River_deltas.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Category:Saskatchewan_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Category:The_Pas.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Cedar_Lake_(Manitoba).
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Channel_(geography).
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Cormorant,_Manitoba.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Cumberland_House,_Saskatchewan.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink European_Canadian.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Fen.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink First_Nations.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Grassberry_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Indian_reserve.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Lake.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Agassiz.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Laurentide_Ice_Sheet.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Levee.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Manitoba.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Moose_Lake,_Manitoba.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Moraine.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Mossy_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Métis_people_(Canada).
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink North_America.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink North_Saskatchewan_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Pasquia_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Peace–Athabasca_Delta.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Prairie_Farm_Rehabilitation_Administration.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Red_Earth,_Saskatchewan.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink River_delta.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Saskatchewan_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Shoal_Lake,_Saskatchewan.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink South_Saskatchewan_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Sturgeon-Weir_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink The_Pas.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink The_Pas_Moraine.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Torch_River_(Saskatchewan).
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Wetland.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLink Wisconsin_glaciation.
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- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wikiPageWikiLinkText "Saskatchewan River Delta".
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- Saskatchewan_River_Delta subject Category:Bodies_of_water_of_Manitoba.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta subject Category:Bodies_of_water_of_Saskatchewan.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta subject Category:River_deltas.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta subject Category:Saskatchewan_River.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta subject Category:The_Pas.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta hypernym Delta.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta point "53.4525 -100.62444444444445".
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta type Place.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta type Landform.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta type Place.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta type SpatialThing.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta comment "The Saskatchewan River Delta (SRD) is a large alluvial delta that straddles the border between the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in south-central Canada. Currently terminating at Cedar Lake, Manitoba, the delta is composed mainly of various types of wetlands, shallow lakes, and active and abandoned river channels bordered by forested natural levees. Sixty-five percent of the delta is occupied by vegetated wetlands, over one third of which comprise peat-forming fens and bogs.".
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta label "Saskatchewan River Delta".
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta sameAs Q7425608.
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- Saskatchewan_River_Delta lat "53.4525".
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta long "-100.62444444444445".
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta wasDerivedFrom Saskatchewan_River_Delta?oldid=637797983.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta depiction Saskatchewan_River_delta_(NASA).jpg.
- Saskatchewan_River_Delta isPrimaryTopicOf Saskatchewan_River_Delta.