Fraser River Watershed

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres, into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual discharge at its mouth is 112 cubic kilometres or 3,550 cubic metres per second, and each year it discha…
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres, into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual discharge at its mouth is 112 cubic kilometres or 3,550 cubic metres per second, and each year it discharges about 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean.
  • Etymology: Fur trader and explorer Simon Fraser
  • Country: Canada
  • Province: British Columbia
  • Regional districts: Fraser-Fort George · Cariboo · Thompson-Nicola · Squamish-Lillooet · Fraser Valley · Metro Vancouver
  • Cities: Upstream · McBride · Prince George · Quesnel · Hope · Fraser Valley · Chilliwack · Abbotsford · Mission · Metro Vancouver · Maple Ridge · Township of Langley · Pitt Meadows · Surrey · Port Coquitlam · Coquitlam · New Westminster · Delta · Burnaby · Richmond · Vancouver
  • Source: Fraser Pass
  • Mouth: Fraser River Delta
Data from: en.wikipedia.org