Alberta's River Basins

Hay River Basin Peace/Slave River Basin Athabasca River Basin Beaver River Basin North Saskatchewan River Basin Milk River Basin Oldman River Sub Basin Bow River Sub Basin Red Deer River Sub Basin South Saskatchewan River Sub Basin

Alberta's Seven Main River Basins

  1. First select a Water Basin by either clicking the water basin on the map OR by selecting the water basin from this list. Then go to #2. to select the type information want to see for the selected water basin.

  2. Next, after the water basin has been selected, select the type of information you want to see. Then click View Result.

    Alberta is divided into seven major river basins or major river systems, namely the Peace, Athabasca, Hay, North Saskatchewan, South Saskatchewan, Beaver and Milk river basins.

    Note: The Milk River Basin and South Saskatchewan River Basin also include information on basin river flows, reservoir status and operational plans, instream work permits and licencing.


For technical enquires about this web page please contact Alberta Environment - Environmental Management Water Management Operations Branch at AENV-WebWS@gov.ab.ca