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Mackenzie River |
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Mackenzie RiverRiver system, Northwest Territories, Canada. It flows northward from Great Slave Lake into the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Its basin, with an area of 697,000 sq mi (1,805,200 sq km), is the largest in Canada. It is 1,025 mi (1,650 km) long and 1–2 mi (1.5–3 km) wide. With the Finlay River, its farthest headstream, the entire system is 2,635 mi (4,241 km) long, making it the second longest river in North America. It was discovered by the explorer Alexander Mackenzie in 1789. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Lawrence estuary and during subsistence hunts in the Mackenzie Delta and Hudson Bay. The successful effort in the Mackenzie Delta, however, has energized the prospects for a methane-hydrate industry. The Eskimo realm comprises an area mostly north of 60 degrees latitude, from the extreme east of Siberia through coastal Alaska, the Mackenzie Delta to Baffin Island and coastal Greenland, south to the north Labrador coast and northern Quebec. |
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