Windsor River

Windsor River
Mouth of Windsor River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Range 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]
• elevation	666 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 [3]
• elevation	29 m (95 ft) [2]
Length	14 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.

See also

• List of rivers of British Columbia
• List of ships in British Columbia

References

1. Derived using BCGNIS, topographic maps and TopoQuest.
2. Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
3. "Windsor River". BC Geographical Names .
4. 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.