Drag River | |
River | |
Country | Canada |
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Province | Ontario |
Region | Southern Ontario |
County | Haliburton |
Municipalities | Minden Hills, Dysart et al |
Part of | Great Lakes Basin |
Source | Unnamed lake |
- location | Dysart et al |
- elevation | 389 m (1,276 ft) |
- coordinates | 45°05′10″N78°20′18″W / 45.08611°N 78.33833°W |
Mouth | Burnt River |
- location | Minden Hills |
- elevation | 299 m (981 ft) |
- coordinates | 44°53′21″N78°37′00″W / 44.88917°N 78.61667°W Coordinates: 44°53′21″N78°37′00″W / 44.88917°N 78.61667°W |
The Drag River is a river in the municipalities of Minden Hills and Dysart et al in Haliburton County, Southern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Burnt River.
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague.
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