Athabasca
Alberta's glacial river
Athabasca is a region in northern Alberta, Canada, lending its name to several geographic features: Lake Athabasca, the Athabasca River, and the Athabasca oil sands—one of the world's largest petroleum reserves.
The Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rockies is a popular tourist destination.
The name comes from the Cree language, referring to a place where reeds grow.
Western Canadian province
- EdmontonAlberta's capital
- CalgaryAlberta's economic hub
- BanffAlberta resort town
- Lake LouiseCanadian Rockies glacial pool
Rockies · Prairie · Trans-Canada Highway · boreal · tar sands · bitumen · resource extraction
Drainage area boundary
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- rapidsTurbulent river section
current · flow · meander · floodplain · sediment · channel · freshwater · riparian
Non-saline aquatic environment
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- basinConcave water receptacle
- sand dunesWind-sculpted sediment formations
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
whitefish · northern pike · boreal · Saskatchewan · remote · wilderness · clear water · depth
Algonquian people of Canada
- First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- traditional territoryIndigenous people's historic lands
land rights · stewardship · elders · heritage · fur trade · oral history · sovereignty · reserve
Alberta
Western Canadian province
Lake Louise · Rockies · Prairie · Trans-Canada Highway · boreal · tar sands · bitumen · resource extraction
watershed
Drainage area boundary
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
rapids · current · flow · meander · floodplain · sediment · channel · freshwater · riparian · headwaters
freshwater
Non-saline aquatic environment
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- basinConcave water receptacle
- sand dunesWind-sculpted sediment formations
fishing · whitefish · northern pike · boreal · Saskatchewan · remote · wilderness · clear water · depth
Cree
Algonquian people of Canada
- First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
- ancestralOf one's forebears
traditional territory · land rights · stewardship · elders · heritage · fur trade · oral history · sovereignty · reserve · traditional knowledge
icefield
Extensive glacial coverage
firn · icecap · cirque · glaciation · icefall · ablation · calving · Jasper · alpine · permafrost
AthabascaRio Grande
Major southwestern waterway
Mississippi · Amazon · Orinoco · Everglades · Gulf of Mexico
AthabascaSt. Lawrence River
Northeastern continental drainage route
Rio Grande · Mississippi River · Great Lakes · Lake Erie · Lake Ontario