Thompson River
The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada. The Thompson River has two main branches, the South Thompson River and the North Thompson River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lytton.
Lytton
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Lytton is a village of about 250 people in the Fraser Canyon in the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia. About 1,700 people live in the immediate area in rural areas and on reserves of the neighbouring six Nlaka'pamux communities.
Thompson River
- Type: River
- Description: river in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.24193° or 50° 14′ 31″ northLongitude
-121.57665° or 121° 34′ 36″ westElevation
142 metres (466 feet)Open location code
942W6CRF+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 92165450OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
6165524Wikidata ID
Q2143805
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Thompson River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Thompson”
- Bulgarian: “Томпсън”
- Catalan: “riu Thompson”
- Catalan: “Riu Thompson”
- Cebuano: “Thompson River”
- Chinese: “湯普森河”
- Chinese: “湯遜河”
- Chuvash: “Томпсон”
- Dutch: “Thompson River”
- Dutch: “Thompson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ثومپسون”
- French: “rivière Thompson”
- French: “Thompson”
- German: “Thompson River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Thompson”
- Italian: “Thompson”
- Japanese: “トンプソン川”
- Mingrelian: “ტომპსონი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ტომპსონი”
- Romanian: “Râul Thompson, Columbia Britanică”
- Romanian: “Thompson River”
- Russian: “Томпсон”
- South Azerbaijani: “تومپسون چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Thompson”
- Spanish: “Río Thompson”
- Swedish: “Thompson River, British Columbia”
- Swedish: “Thompson River”
- Welsh: “Afon Thompson”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ تھامپسن”
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