Rouge River (Ontario)

Rouge River
The Rouge River and Valley viewed from the Finch Meander Trail
Location of the mouth of the Rouge River in Toronto
Native name	Gichi-ziibiins (Ojibwe)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Greater Toronto Area
Municipalities	Toronto Pickering Markham Richmond Hill
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Richmond Hill
• coordinates	43°56′33″N 79°25′05″W / 43.94250°N 79.41806°W / 43.94250; -79.41806
• elevation	306 m (1,004 ft)
Mouth	Lake Ontario
• location	West Rouge, Toronto
• coordinates	43°47′41″N 79°06′55″W / 43.79472°N 79.11528°W / 43.79472; -79.11528
• elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Basin size	336 km2 (130 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	1.76 m3/s (62 cu ft/s)
• minimum	0.45 m3/s (16 cu ft/s)
• maximum	5.98 m3/s (211 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries
• left	Little Rouge River
• right	Little Rouge Creek, Katabokokonk Creek, Bruce Creek, Beaver Creek

The Rouge River is a river in Markham, Pickering, Richmond Hill and Toronto in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.^[1] The river flows from the Oak Ridges Moraine to Lake Ontario at the eastern border of Toronto, and is the location of Rouge Park,^[2] the only national park in Canada within a municipality. At its southern end, the Rouge River is the boundary between Toronto and southwestern Pickering in the Regional Municipality of Durham.