The Rat River is a tributary of the
Burntwood River
The Burntwood River is a river in northeast Manitoba, Canada between the Churchill River and the Nelson River. Outsiders may know it as the river that passes through Thompson, Manitoba. It is over long and flows mostly east to join the Nelson Ri ...
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Manitoba
Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
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Canada
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The Rat River forms the north–south part of the
Churchill River Diversion
The Nelson River Hydroelectric Project refers to the construction of a series of dams and hydroelectric power plants on the Nelson River in Northern Manitoba, Canada. The project began to take shape in the late 1950s, with the planning and construc ...
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See also
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Rat River (Red River of the North)
The Rat River (french: Rivière aux Rats) is a tributary of the Red River of the North in southern Manitoba, Canada. It is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay (via Red River, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River).
The river is found between the R ...
, a tributary of the
Red River of the North
The Red River (french: rivière Rouge or ) is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, it fl ...
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List of rivers of Manitoba
This is an incomplete list of rivers of Manitoba, a province of Canada.
Watersheds
The entire province of Manitoba is within the Hudson Bay drainage basin:
*Nelson River
**Lake Winnipeg watershed
***Winnipeg River
*** Red River
****Assiniboine ...
References
Rivers of Manitoba
Tributaries of Hudson Bay
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