Bow River

The headwaters of the Bow River in , Canada, start at the and in in the . The glacial stream that feeds has a mean elevation of 2310 metres above sea level.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada
  • Also known as: Bow

Bow River

Latitude
49.95007° or 49° 57′ 0″ north
Longitude
-111.68505° or 111° 41′ 6″ west
Elevation
710 metres (2,329 feet)
Open location code
85XCX827+2X
Geo­Names ID
5906848
Wiki­data ID
Q895385
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Bow River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: باو
  • Armenian: Բոու գետ
  • Asturian: Ríu Bow
  • Belarusian: Боў (рака)
  • Belarusian: Боў
  • Bulgarian: Боу (река)
  • Bulgarian: Боу
  • Catalan: riu Bow
  • Catalan: Riu Bow
  • Cebuano: Bow River
  • Chinese: 弓河
  • Chuvash: Боу
  • Dutch: Bow (rivier)
  • Dutch: Bow River
  • Dutch: Bow
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر باو
  • Esperanto: Bow (rivero)
  • Esperanto: Bow
  • French: Bow River
  • French: rivière Bow
  • French: Rivière Bow
  • German: Bow River
  • Hebrew: בואו
  • Irish: Abhainn Bow
  • Italian: Bow
  • Japanese: ボウ川
  • Korean: 보강
  • Latvian: Bova
  • Lithuanian: Bovas
  • Luxembourgish: Bow River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bow River
  • Norwegian: Bow River
  • Persian: رودخانه بو
  • Polish: Bow River
  • Polish: Bow
  • Portuguese: Bow
  • Portuguese: Rio bow
  • Portuguese: Rio Bow
  • Romanian: Bow River
  • Romanian: Râul bow
  • Romanian: Râul Bow
  • Russian: Боу
  • Serbian: Боу
  • Slovak: Bow River
  • Slovenian: Bow River
  • Slovenian: Bow
  • Slovenian: reka Bow
  • Spanish: Bow River
  • Spanish: Rio Bow
  • Spanish: Río Bow
  • Swedish: Bow River, Alberta
  • Swedish: Bow River
  • Turkish: Bow Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Бо (ріка)
  • Ukrainian: Бо (річка)
  • Ukrainian: Боу
  • Uzbek: Bow daryosi
  • Venetian: Fiume Bow
  • Welsh: Afon Bow
  • Western Frisian: Bow (rivier)
  • Western Frisian: Bow

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bow River”. Photo: kevinsaff, CC BY-SA 2.0.