Wapiti River
The Wapiti River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Smoky River, located in the southern area of the Peace River Basin. Wapiti is named after the Cree word for elk.
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “ワピチ川”
Wapiti River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
55.13329° or 55° 7′ 60″ north
Longitude
-118.30267° or 118° 18′ 10″ west
Elevation
490 metres (1,608 feet)
Open location code
95734MMW+8W
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wapiti River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Wapiti”
- Cebuano: “Wapiti River”
- Dutch: “Wapiti River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر واپيتى”
- French: “Wapiti River”
- German: “Wapiti River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wapiti”
- Italian: “Wapiti”
- Japanese: “ワピティ川”
- Persian: “واپیتی ریور”
- Serbian: “Vapiti”
- Serbian: “Вапити”
- Spanish: “Wapiti”
- Swedish: “Wapiti River”
- Tajik: “Вапити”
- Tajik: “Вопити ревир”
- Urdu: “دریائے واپیٹی”
- Welsh: “Afon Wapiti”
- “Wapiti”
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