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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The Elk River is a short river rising in the eastern portion of the Alberta foothills . The river begins south of the ghost town of Coalspur and heads east before draining into the Brazeau Reservoir created by the Brazeau Dam on the Brazeau River , a tributary of the North Saskatchewan River .
The river follows the Elk River Road for much of its course. The Elk River Provincial Recreation Area is also located on the river.[1]
Physical characteristics [ edit ]
Alberta Environment, a Ministry of the Government of Alberta , undertook a survey of the Elk River in the 1980s. The following data was generated from the survey:[2]
Reach number 1
Valley characteristics
Description: Wide, stream cut valley
Terraces: 2 fragmentary levels
Valley Flat
River Channel
Reach number 2
Valley characteristics
Description: Broad glacial spillway channel now occupied by a smaller underfit stream
Terraces: None
Valley flat
River channel
Pattern: Irregular to tortuous meanders
Islands: None
Bar type: Point bars
Bed material: Sand with local gravel
Bank material: Sand and gravel overlain by silt , occasional till where channel is confined
Reach number 3
Terrain surrounding valley: Rolling hills , fluted ground moraine
Valley characteristics
Description: Wide, stream cut valley
Terraces: None
Valley flat
River channel
Reach number 4
Terrain surrounding valley: Fluted ground moraine , some outwash
Valley characteristics
Description: Narrow stream cut valley
Terraces: None
Valley flat
Width: >100 m
Description: Highly variable
River channel
Pattern: Irregular
Islands: None
Bar type: Point bars, side bars
Bed material: Sand with local gravel
Bank material: Sand , gravel , and till
Reach number 5
Valley characteristics
Description: Narrow stream cut valley
Terraces: None
Valley flat
Width: >100 m
Description: Fragmentary
River channel
Pattern: Irregular to sinuous
Islands: None
Bar type: Side bars
Bed material: Gravel
Bank material: Gravel , outwash, and till
Reach number 6
Terrain surrounding valley: Rolling upland, ground moraine
Valley characteristics
Description: Wide, stream cut valley
Terraces: None
Valley flat
Width: 400 m
Description: Wide alluvial flat marked by oxbow cutoffs
River channel
Pattern: Tortuous meanders
Islands: None
Bar type: Point bars
Bed material: Sand
Bank material: Sand overlain by silt
References [ edit ]
^ Mussio Ventures. Central Alberta Backroad Mapbook. Burnaby: Backroad Mapbooks (2002), pp. 7-8
^ Alberta Environment, Environmental Engineering Support Division. Brazeau-Pembina River Classification Study. Edmonton: Alberta Department of the Environment, 1980.
See also [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elk_River_(Alberta)&oldid=975611783 " C a t e g o r y : ● R i v e r s o f A l b e r t a H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● P a g e s u s i n g g a d g e t W i k i M i n i A t l a s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● C o o r d i n a t e s o n W i k i d a t a
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 9 A u g u s t 2 0 2 0 , a t 1 4 : 0 9 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
