Mackenzie River
The Mackenzie River (Slavey leid: Deh-Cho, big river or Inuvialuktun: Kuukpak, great river) is the lairgest an langest river seestem in Canadae, an is exceedit anly bi the Mississippi River seestem in North Americae.
| Mackenzie River (Deh-Cho, Kuukpak) | |
 The Mackenzie River in August 2009
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| Name oreegin: Alexander Mackenzie, splorer | |
| Kintra |  Canadae
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| Region |  Yukon Northwast Territories
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| Tributaries | |
| - left | Liard River, Keele River, Arctic Red River, Peel River |
| - right | Great Bear River |
| Ceeties | Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Wrigley, Tulita, Norman Wells |
| Soorce | Great Slave Loch |
| - location | Fort Providence |
| - elevation | 156 m (512 ft) |
| - coordinates | 61°12′15″N 117°22′31″W / 61.20417°N 117.37528°W |
| Mooth | Arctic Ocean |
| - location | Beaufort Sea, Inuvik Region |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 68°56′23″N 136°10′22″W / 68.93972°N 136.17278°WCoordinates: 68°56′23″N 136°10′22″W / 68.93972°N 136.17278°W |
| Lenth | 1,738 km (1,080 mi) |
| Basin | 1,805,200 km2 (696,992 sq mi) [1] |
| Discharge | for mooth; max an min at Arctic Reid confluence |
| - average | 9,910 m3/s (349,968 cu ft/s) [2] |
| - max | 31,800 m3/s (1,123,000 cu ft/s) [3] |
| - min | 2,130 m3/s (75,220 cu ft/s) |
 Map of the Mackenzie River watershed
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ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "Rivers". The Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- ↑ "Whole Basin overview" (PDF). Mackenzie River Basin: State of the Aquatic Ecosystem Report 2003. Saskatchewan Watershed Authority. pp. 15–56. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- ↑ "MAGS: Daily Discharge Measurements". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2011-09-16.