The Windsor River is a tributary of the Skeena River located in the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, British Columbia, in the southwestern part of Canada.

Windsor River
Windsor River is located in British Columbia
Windsor River
Mouth of Windsor River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictRange 5 Coast Land District
Physical characteristics
SourceKitimat Ranges
 • locationCoast Mountains
 • coordinates54°7′1″N 129°49′21″W / 54.11694°N 129.82250°W / 54.11694; -129.82250[2]
 • elevation666 m (2,185 ft)[3]
MouthSkeena River
 • coordinates
54°12′55″N 129°50′28″W / 54.21528°N 129.84111°W / 54.21528; -129.84111[1]
 • elevation
29 m (95 ft)[3]
Length14 km (8.7 mi)[4]

The river flows north about 14 km (8.7 mi)[4][5] through mainly coniferous forest. The river's drainage basin is virtually uninhabited, with less than 2 inhabitants per square kilometre. Inland climate is prevailing in the area. The local average annual temperature is 0 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is 11 °C and the coldest is December, with -8 °C.

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References

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  1. ^ "Windsor River". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ Derived using BCGNIS, topographic maps and TopoQuest.
  3. ^ a b Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
  4. ^ a b Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and TopoQuest.
  5. ^ "Canadian 1:50K topographic maps" (map). TopoQuest.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

Article contains translated text from Windsor River on Swedish Wikipedia from 25 March 2017.