RIVER BASIN · NELS

Nelson-Saskatchewan

North America · shared by 2 countries

1,088,785km² of basin
2riparian countries
7treaties on record
10Mpeople in basin

The basin

Nelson-Saskatchewan basin (blue) over its riparian countries · real geometry, TFDD & Natural Earth

Shared by

CanadaUnited States of America

7 treaties in the record

1909Treaty Between Great Britain and the United States relating to boundary waters and boundary questions
Navigation, Water Quantity
1925Agreement between the United States of America and Canada to regulate the level of Lake of the Woods and accompanying protocol
Water Quantity, Flood Management
1938Convention between Canada and the United States of America providing for emergency regulation of the level of Rainy Lake and of the level of other boundary wate
Flood Management, Drought Management
1985Treaty Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Pacific Salmon
Fisheries
1988Exchange of notes between the government of Canada and the government of the United States of America constituting an agreement concerning the construction of a
Infrastructure, Flood Management
2001An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act
Water Quantity
2001Mandate ◆ GW
Water Quality, Flood Management

Source: TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database · open in the explorer →