North Nahanni River

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North Nahanni River
North Nahanni River flows past the Battlement Range.jpg
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Physical characteristics
Main source Backbone Ranges
2,000 meters (6,600 ft)
62°16′18″N126°23′55″W / 62.27157°N 126.39859°W / 62.27157; -126.39859 (North Nahanni River headwaters)
River mouth Mackenzie River
105 meters (344 ft)
62°14′44″N123°19′43″W / 62.24557°N 123.32866°W / 62.24557; -123.32866 (North Nahanni River mouth) Coordinates: 62°14′44″N123°19′43″W / 62.24557°N 123.32866°W / 62.24557; -123.32866 (North Nahanni River mouth)

North Nahanni River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.

Northwest Territories Territory of Canada

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately 1,144,000 km2 (442,000 sq mi) and a 2016 census population of 41,786, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of 2018 is 44,445. Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission.

Canada Country in North America

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Mackenzie River largest river system in Canada

The Mackenzie River is the longest river system in Canada, and has the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi River. The Mackenzie River flows through a vast, thinly populated region of forest and tundra entirely within the Canadian Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories.

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Course

The North Nahanni River originates in the Backbone Ranges of the Mackenzie Mountains, at an elevation of 2,000 meters (6,600 ft). It flows east, south of the Thundercloud Range, then turns north-east and east. It turns south around the Camsell Range of the Franklin Mountains, where it receives the waters of Deceiver Creek and Battlement Creek. It turns east after receiving the Ram River and Tetcela River and flows between the Nahanni Range and the Camsell Range. It empties into the Mackenzie River at an elevation of 105 meters (344 ft), 110 kilometers (68 mi) downstream from Fort Simpson.

Mackenzie Mountains mountain range in north west Canada

The Mackenzie Mountains are a mountain range forming part of the Yukon-Northwest Territories boundary between the Liard and Peel rivers. The range is named in honour of Canada's second prime minister, Alexander Mackenzie, as well as the explorer. Nahanni National Park Reserve and Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve are in the Mackenzie Mountains.

The Franklin Mountains of the Northwest Territories are a range of low peaks that stretch along the east bank of the Mackenzie River from 64 to 66 degrees of latitude.

Tributaries

From headwaters to mouth, the North nahanni River receives waters from the following tributaries:

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Nahanni may refer to:

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