17-872: Wilson River can refer to: Wilson River (Alaska) , one of two rivers in Alaska in the United States Wilson River (Manitoba) , tributary of Dauphin Lake , one of two in Canada Wilson River (New South Wales) in New South Wales, Australia Wilson River (New Zealand) in New Zealand Wilson River (Nunavut) in Nunavut in Canada Wilson River (Oregon) on
34-400: A new river, to be given its own name, perhaps one already known to the people who live upon its banks. Conversely, explorers approaching a new land from the sea encounter its rivers at their mouths, where they name them on their charts, then, following a river upstream, encounter each tributary as a forking of the stream to the right and to the left, which then appear on their charts as such; or
51-433: A tributary is a distributary , a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. Distributaries are most often found in river deltas . Right tributary , or right-bank tributary , and left tributary , or left-bank tributary , describe the orientation of the tributary relative to the flow of the main stem river. These terms are defined from the perspective of looking downstream, that is, facing
68-468: Is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of 4,248 km (2,640 mi). The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of 31,200 m /s (1.1 million cu ft/s). A confluence , where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to
85-494: The Mink River . Tributary A tributary , or an affluent , is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ( main stem or "parent" ), river, or a lake . A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean . Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater , leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh
102-521: The Mossy River Dam was constructed at Terin's Landing at the outlet of the lake. The ten bay concrete stoplog structure complete with a fish ladder is operated by the Province of Manitoba. The summer target since 1993 has been 854.8 feet (260.54 m). The dam can restrict the outflow when conditions are dry and levels low but the river limits the outflow when the lake is high. Regulation of
119-567: The RM of Ochre River , the RM of Dauphin , and the RM of Mossey River . Dauphin Lake was named after the Dauphin of France , heir to the French throne, by Francois de La Verendrye in 1739. Dauphin Lake is located west of Lake Manitoba and south of Lake Winnipegosis . It receives most of its waters from the west. Several efforts have been made to control lake levels in the last century. In 1964,
136-421: The city of Dauphin . The lake covers an area of 201 square miles (520 km ) and has a drainage basin of about 3,420 square miles (8,900 km ). The Mossy River drains the lake into Lake Winnipegosis . The basin is drained by seven major streams and has a total relief of 1,900 feet (580 m). The lake is located within the territory of three rural municipalities ; in descending order of area they are
153-608: The coast of Oregon in the United States Wilson River (Queensland) in South West Queensland, Australia Wilson River (Western Australia) , in the Kimberley See also [ edit ] Willson River, South Australia Wilsons River (New South Wales) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wilson River . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
170-421: The direction the water current of the main stem is going. In a navigational context, if one were floating on a raft or other vessel in the main stream, this would be the side the tributary enters from as one floats past; alternately, if one were floating down the tributary, the main stream meets it on the opposite bank of the tributary. This information may be used to avoid turbulent water by moving towards
187-451: The handedness is from the point of view of an observer facing upstream. For instance, Steer Creek has a left tributary which is called Right Fork Steer Creek. These naming conventions are reflective of the circumstances of a particular river's identification and charting: people living along the banks of a river, with a name known to them, may then float down the river in exploration, and each tributary joining it as they pass by appears as
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#1732779481892204-636: The lake is difficult. Conditions can change very quickly. For example, a four-day rain in June 1947 produced an estimated peak inflow of 60,000 cubic feet per second (1,700 m /s). At normal levels, the Mossy River can only take out about 500 cubic feet per second (14 m /s). Tributaries of Dauphin Lake include the Turtle River , Kerosene Creek, Ochre River , Edwards Creek Drain, Vermillion River , Wilson River , Valley River , Mowat Creek and
221-485: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilson_River&oldid=1257356769 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dauphin Lake Dauphin Lake is located in western Manitoba near
238-469: The opposite bank before approaching the confluence. An early tributary is a tributary that joins the main stem river closer to its source than its mouth, that is, before the river's midpoint ; a late tributary joins the main stem further downstream, closer to its mouth than to its source, that is, after the midpoint. In the United States, where tributaries sometimes have the same name as
255-666: The river into which they feed, they are called forks . These are typically designated by compass direction. For example, the American River in California receives flow from its North, Middle, and South forks. The Chicago River 's North Branch has the East, West, and Middle Fork; the South Branch has its South Fork, and used to have a West Fork as well (now filled in). Forks are sometimes designated as right or left. Here,
272-418: The smaller stream designated the little fork, the larger either retaining its name unmodified, or receives the designation big . Tributaries are sometimes listed starting with those nearest to the source of the river and ending with those nearest to the mouth of the river . The Strahler stream order examines the arrangement of tributaries in a hierarchy of first, second, third and higher orders, with
289-432: The streams are seen to diverge by the cardinal direction (north, south, east, or west) in which they proceed upstream, sometimes a third stream entering between two others is designated the middle fork; or the streams are distinguished by the relative height of one to the other, as one stream descending over a cataract into another becomes the upper fork, and the one it descends into, the lower ; or by relative volume:
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