Simpson River
Simpson River, in Kootenay National Park, is a tributary of Vermilion River flowing through Simpson Valley; which in turn is a tributary of the Kootenay River and eventually the Columbia River.Simpson River
- Type: River
- Description: watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.96346° or 50° 57′ 49″ north
Longitude
-115.9096° or 115° 54′ 35″ west
Elevation
1,248 metres (4,094 feet)
Open location code
9526X37R+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Simpson River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Simpson”
- Cebuano: “Simpson River”
- German: “Simpson River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Simpson”
- Spanish: “Simpson”
- Swedish: “Simpson River”
- Urdu: “سمپسن ندی، برٹش کولمبیا”
- Uzbek: “Simpson daryosi (Vermilion daryosi)”
- Uzbek: “Simpson daryosi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Simpson”
- Welsh: “Afon Simpson”
- “Simpson”
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