Milk River Basin
Download Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 1 (3 MB) Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 2(2 MB) The smallest of the province’s major river basins […]
North Saskatchewan River Basin
Download Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 1 (3 MB) Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 2(2 MB) Covers about 80,000 km2 of the province.The basin […]
Peace/Slave River Basin
Download Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 1 (3 MB) Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 2(2 MB) The Peace River begins in the mountains […]
Inventory of Glaciers in the Canadian Rockies
Download Alberta Glacier Inventory and Ice Volume Estimation (PDF. 3.49 MB) Historical Inventories The first Canadian glacier inventory was carried out between 1969 and 1974. Canada’s Department of Energy, Mining […]
Hay River Basin
Download Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 1 (3 MB) Hydrological Model of Alberta using SWAT Model. Part 2(2 MB) The Hay River is located in the […]
Historical and Future Glacier Retreat
Download Alberta Glacier Inventory and Ice Volume Estimation (PDF. 3.49 MB) In this section, we analyze glacier changes during the historical period (the last four decades) and projected future changes […]
How Does Groundwater Interact with the Surface Environment?
Groundwater Interaction and Streams As indicated by the hydrologic cycle, groundwater interacts with the surface water environment (including streams and rivers that drain the landscape, lakes and wetlands) that hold […]
How Does Groundwater Move?
Groundwater is not a static entity as it flows from a high hydraulic potential to low high hydraulic potential under the influence of gravity. Simply put, the water that falls […]
How Much Water Recharges our Province?
How Much Water Recharges our Province? The Balance of Recharge and Use A considerable amount of water recharges the subsurface annually through percolation and infiltration of precipitation and melting snow. […]
How Old is our Groundwater?
Groundwater Ages Groundwater can either be very young, representing recent recharge to the subsurface, or it can exist as very old water that has been interacting with the rock and […]