Athabaska
Britishnoun
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a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
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a river in W Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing northeast to Lake Athabaska. Length: 1230 km (765 miles)
Example Sentences
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If the Athabaska sands yield their treasure, an estimated 300 billion bbl. of crude can be freed in that region alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company that thinks it can turn the trick is California's Richfield Oil Corp., which last week formally asked permission of the Canadian government to set off a nuclear charge just under the Athabaska sands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Franz Josef Land, the Pole and the mouth of the Athabaska River in Alaska.
From Time Magazine Archive
Richfield's big atomic bet is based on a chemical peculiarity: the molecular structure of Athabaska oil is such that, once thinned by heat, it flows indefinitely, whereas many heavy crudes thicken again in cooling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Central Alberta extends from the Red Deer River northward to the height of land between the Saskatchewan and the Athabaska.
From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior
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