Windsor River

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Windsor River
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Mouth of Windsor River
Location
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
DistrictRange 5 Coast Land District
Physical characteristics
Source Kitimat Ranges
  location Coast Mountains
  coordinates 54°7′1″N129°49′21″W / 54.11694°N 129.82250°W / 54.11694; -129.82250 [1]
  elevation666 m (2,185 ft) [2]
Mouth Skeena River
  coordinates
54°12′55″N129°50′28″W / 54.21528°N 129.84111°W / 54.21528; -129.84111 Coordinates: 54°12′55″N129°50′28″W / 54.21528°N 129.84111°W / 54.21528; -129.84111 [3]
  elevation
29 m (95 ft) [2]
Length14 km (8.7 mi) [4]

The Windsor River is a tributary of the Skeena River located in the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, British Columbia, in the southwestern part of Canada.

The river flows north about 14 km (8.7 mi) [4] [5] through mainly coniferous forest. The river's drainage basin is virtually uninhabited, with less than 2 inhabitants per square kilometre. Inland climate is prevailing in the area. The local average annual temperature is 0 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is 11 °C and the coldest is December, with -8 °C.

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References

  1. Derived using BCGNIS, topographic maps and TopoQuest.
  2. 1 2 Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
  3. "Windsor River". BC Geographical Names.
  4. 1 2 Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and TopoQuest.
  5. "Canadian 1:50K topographic maps" (map). TopoQuest.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

Article contains translated text from Windsor River on Swedish Wikipedia from 25 March 2017.