Red Deer River 1924060 225516866 2008-07-14T02:47:24Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[ro:Red Deer River]] [[Image:red_deer_river.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Red Deer River in [[Drumheller, Alberta]]]] '''Red Deer River''' is a [[river]] in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. It is a major [[tributary]] of the [[South Saskatchewan River]]. Red Deer River has a total length of 724 km and a drainage area of 45,100 km². Its mean discharge is 70 m³/s.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/rivers.html |author= Atlas of Canada | authorlink= Atlas of Canada | title= Rivers in Canada| accessdate= 2007-05-01}}</ref> The river got its name form the translation of ''Was-ka-soo'' which means "elk river" in the [[Cree language|Cree]]. Communities located along the Red Deer River include [[Sundre, Alberta|Sundre]], [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]], [[Blackfalds, Alberta|Blackfalds]] and [[Drumheller, Alberta|Drumheller]]. The city of [[Brooks, Alberta|Brooks]] is also located in the Red Deer River Basin. ==Course== [[Image:RDRiver.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Red Deer River north of Jenner, [[Alberta]]]] The river originates on the eastern slopes of the [[Canadian Rockies]], in [[Banff National Park]], and then flows east through the mountains and foothills region. It turns north-east before [[Sundre, Alberta|Sundre]] and keeps this heading to the city of [[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]], where it turns east, and then south before [[Stettler, Alberta|Stettler]]. It flows south with its valley protected by provincial and regional parks such as ''Tolman Badlands Heritage Rangeland'', [[Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park]], Dry Island Corridor and [[Midland Provincial Park]]. At [[Drumheller, Alberta|Drumheller]] it has a south-east direction, and while it flows through [[Dinosaur Provincial Park]] it turns east and flows to the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, which it crosses at [[Empress, Alberta|Empress]]. It flows for 16 km through [[Saskatchewan]] before it merges into the [[South Saskatchewan River]]. ==Tributaries== <div style="float:right;border:1px silver solid;"> {{Superimpose | base = Alberta rivers.png | base_width = 280px | base_caption = Alberta rivers | float = Map symbol-pin.gif | float_width = 20px | float_caption = Red Deer River | x = 185 | y = 251 }} <center><small>Red Deer River in [[Alberta]]</small></center> </div> *Fallentimber Creek *James River *Raven River *Little Red Deer River *Medicine River *Blindman River *Threehills Creek *Kneehills Creek *Rosebud River *Bullpound Creek *Berry Creek *Blood Indian Creek *Alkali Creek The waters of Ewing Lake, Little Fish Lake also flow into the Red Deer River. ==References== <div class="references-small"><references/></div> {{Alberta rivers and lakes}} [[Category:Rivers of Alberta]] [[Category:Rivers of Saskatchewan]] [[Category:Saskatchewan River]] ---- {{Alberta-geo-stub}} [[de:Red Deer River]] [[eo:Red Deer (rivero)]] [[it:Red Deer (fiume)]] [[lt:Red Dyras (upė)]] [[pl:Red Deer (rzeka)]] [[pt:Rio Red Deer]] [[ro:Red Deer River]]