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Nelson River

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Dream Wave Nelson River

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Nelson River Generating Stations: Jenpeg

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River Nelson - Today (Official Video)

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Nelson River Generating Stations: Kelsey

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Nelson River Generating Stations: Limestone

The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs 644 kilometres (400 mi) before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length is 2,575 kilometres (1,600 mi), it has mean discharge of 2,370 cubic metres per second (84,000 cu ft/s), and has a drainage basin of 1,072,300 square kilometres (414,000 sq mi), of which 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) is in the United States.