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river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

s and creeks located on the island of

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

. Despite the fact that many are called ''rivers'', their freshwater portions are not large enough to warrant this name. These watercourses are more correctly categorized as

streams A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long, large stream ...

, with the majority of their length being tidal inlets or

estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

where the small amount of fresh water interchanges with salt water from the Gulf of St. Lawrence or Northumberland Strait. *

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...

watershed **

Gulf of Saint Lawrence The Gulf of St. Lawrence is a gulf that fringes the shores of the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, in Canada, plus the islands Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, possessions of France, in ...

watershed ***Anderson River ***Cat River ***Barbara River ***Battis River ***Bear River ***Beatons River ***Bedeque River ***Belle River ***Bentick River ***Bideford River ***Big Pierre Jacques River ***Black River *** Brudenell River ***Boughton River ***Bradshaw River ***Brae River ***Brooks River ***Cape Traverse River *** Cardigan River ***Cow River ***Crooked River ***Cross River ***Desable River ***Dirty River ***Dock River ***Dunk River ***Enmore River ***Flat River ***Fortune River *** Fox River ***Foxley River ***French River ***George river ***Goodwood River ***Goose River ***Grand River ***Greek River ***Haldiman River ***Hay River ***Hills River *** Hillsborough (East) River ****Johnstons River ****Pisquid River ****Glenfinnan River ***Hollow River ***Hope River ***

Hunter River Hunter River may refer to: *Hunter River (New South Wales), Australia *Hunter River (Western Australia) *Hunter River, New Zealand *Hunter River (Prince Edward Island), Canada **Hunter River, Prince Edward Island, community on Hunter River, Canada ...

***Huntley River ***Indian River ***Jacques River ***Kildare River ***Little Pierre Jacques River ***Long River ***MacDonalds River ***Marie River ***Mary River ***McAskill River ***Midgell River ***Mill River ***Miminegash River ***Mink River ***Mitchell River *** Montague River ***Montrose River ***Morell River ***Murray River ***Naufrage River ***Newtown River ***North (Yorke) River ***Oak River ***Orwell River ***Ox River ***Oyster River ***Percival River ***Pinette River ***Platte River ***Portage River ***Seal River ***Sheep River ***Shipyard River ***Smelt River ***Souris River ***Southwest River ***St. Peters River ***Stanley River ****Founds River ***Sturgeon River ***Tignish River ***Trout River ***Tryon River ***Valleyfield River ***Vernon River ***West (Elliot) River ****Clyde River ***Westmoreland River ***Wheatley River ***Wilmot River ***Winter River, source of drinking water for

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlott ...

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