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Fort Nelson River

The Fort Nelson River, often shortened to simply the Nelson River, is in north-eastern , Canada. It flows 517 kilometres generally north-westward to the , a tributary of the , which empties into the Arctic Ocean.
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Fort Nelson River

Latitude
59.49128° or 59° 29′ 29″ north
Longitude
-124.00795° or 124° 0′ 29″ west
Elevation
250 metres (820 feet)
Open location code
94FQFXRR+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 188687110
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
5955904
Wiki­data ID
Q270574
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Fort Nelson River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Fort Nelson”
  • Bulgarian: “Форт Нелсън”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Nelson River”
  • Dutch: “Fort Nelson River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فورت نيلسون”
  • French: “Fort Nelson”
  • German: “Fort Nelson River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Fort Nelson”
  • Italian: “Fort Nelson (fiume)”
  • Italian: “Fort Nelson”
  • Japanese: “フォートネルソン川”
  • Russian: “Форт-Нельсон”
  • Spanish: “Fort Nelson River”
  • Swedish: “Fort Nelson River”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ نیلسن دریا”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Fort Nelson”
  • Welsh: “Afon Fort Nelson”
  • “Fort Nelson”

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