Koukdjuak River

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Koukdjuak River
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Koukdjuak River
Location
Country Canada
Territory Nunavut
Physical characteristics
Source Nettilling Lake
  locationSouthern Baffin Island
  coordinates 66°34′48″N71°21′23″W / 66.58000°N 71.35639°W / 66.58000; -71.35639
  elevation28 m (92 ft) [1]
Mouth Foxe Basin
  coordinates
66°44′30″N73°03′21″W / 66.74167°N 73.05583°W / 66.74167; -73.05583
  elevation
0 ft (0 m) [2]
Length80 km (50 mi) [3]
Basin size66,542.8 km2 (25,692.3 sq mi) [3]
Discharge 
  locationNear mouth
  average(Period: 1971–2000)689.2 m3/s (24,340 cu ft/s) [3]
Basin features
River system Koukdjuak River

The Koukdjuak River begins at the outlet of Nettilling Lake and empties into the Arctic Ocean. It is the namesake of the Great Plain of the Koukdjuak located in the Foxe Basin on western Baffin Island, Nunavut (formerly Northwest Territories), northern Canada.

Contents

The first non-Inuit who specifically explored the river was the Canadian Arctic explorer/ornithologist, J. Dewey Soper. The northern boundary of the Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary is the middle thread of the Koukdjuak River. The river is also notable as a Barren-ground caribou migration crossing and for Arctic charr fishing. [4]

See also

References

  1. Source elevation derived from Google Earth.
  2. Mouth elevation derived from Google Earth.
  3. 1 2 3 "West Hudson Bay".
  4. "Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations". canlii.org. Retrieved 2008-01-21.

Further reading

66°43′00″N73°00′00″W / 66.71667°N 73.00000°W / 66.71667; -73.00000 [1]


  1. "Koukdjuak River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Koukdjuak River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.