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Red Deer River is a River in Alberta , Canada . It is a major Tributary of the South Saskatchewan River . Red Deer River has a total length of 724 km and a drainage area of 45,100 km&2. Its mean discharge is 70 m³/s.1 The river got its name form the translation of ''Was-ka-soo'' which means "elk river" in the Cree . Communities located along the Red Deer River include Sundre , Red Deer , Blackfalds and Drumheller . The city of Brooks is also located in the Red Deer River Basin. COURSE ]] The river originates on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies , in Banff National Park , and then flows east through the mountains and foothills region. It turns north-east before Sundre and keeps this heading to the city of Red Deer , where it turns east, and then south before Stettler . It flows south with its valley protected by provincial and regional parks such as ''Tolman Badlands Heritage Rangeland'', Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park , Dry Island Corridor and Midland Provincial Park . At Drumheller it has a south-east direction, and while it flows through Dinosaur Provincial Park it turns east and flows to the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, which it crosses at Empress . It flows for 16 km through Saskatchewan before it merges into the South Saskatchewan River . TRIBUTARIES
The waters of Ewing Lake, Little Fish Lake also flow into the Red Deer River. REFERENCES |
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