Hayes River (Nunavut)

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Hayes River
Location
Country Canada
Territory Nunavut
Regions
Physical characteristics
Source Unnamed lake
  location Kivalliq Region
  coordinates 66°28′37″N90°46′08″W / 66.47694°N 90.76889°W / 66.47694; -90.76889
  elevation496 m (1,627 ft)
Mouth Back River (Nunavut)
  location
Kitikmeot Region
  coordinates
67°08′00″N95°17′00″W / 67.13333°N 95.28333°W / 67.13333; -95.28333 Coordinates: 67°08′00″N95°17′00″W / 67.13333°N 95.28333°W / 67.13333; -95.28333
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length335 km (208 mi)

The Hayes River is a river in the Kitikmeot and Kivalliq Regions of Nunavut, Canada. It is in the Arctic Ocean drainage basin and is a tributary of the Back River.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake in Kivalliq Region, and reaches its mouth at the Back River in Kitikmeot Region, just south of that river's mouth at Cockburn Bay on Chantrey Inlet on the Arctic Ocean.

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