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 | |
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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. Archived frae the original on 20 Mey 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ↑ "Whole Basin overview" (PDF). Mackenzie River Basin: State of the Aquatic Ecosystem Report 2003. Saskatchewan Watershed Authority. pp. 15–56. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ↑ "MAGS: Daily Discharge Measurements". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 16 September 2011.