Saunt Lawrence River
The Saunt Lawrence River or St. Lawrence River (French: Fleuve Saint-Laurent; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye;[3] Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meanin "big waterway") is a lairge river flowin approximately frae soothwast tae northeast in the middle latitudes o North Americae, connectin the Great Lochs wi the Atlantic Ocean.
| Saunt Lawrence River | |
| Fleuve Saint-Laurent | |
 St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay
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| Kintras | Canadae, Unitit States |
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| State/Provinces | Ontario, Quebec, New York |
| Soorce | Loch Ontario |
| - location | Kingston, Ontario / Cape Vincent, New York |
| - elevation | 74.7 m (245 ft) |
| - coordinates | 44°06′N 76°24′W / 44.100°N 76.400°W |
| Mooth | Gulf o St. Lawrence / Atlantic Ocean |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 49°30′N 64°30′W / 49.500°N 64.500°WCoordinates: 49°30′N 64°30′W / 49.500°N 64.500°W |
| Lenth | 1,197 km (744 mi) |
| Basin | 1,344,200 km2 (519,000 sq mi) [1] |
| Discharge | for ablo the Saguenay River |
| - average | 16,800 m3/s (590,000 cu ft/s) [2] |
 Cairt o the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes Wattershed
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References
eedit- ↑ Natural Resources Canada, Atlas of Canada - Rivers Archived 2006-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Benke, Arthur C.; Cushing, Colbert E. (2005). Rivers of North America. Academic Press. pp. 989–990. ISBN 978-0-12-088253-3. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ Rudes, B. Tuscarora English Dictionary Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999