Arctic drainage basin

E21983
drainage basin hydrological region

The Arctic drainage basin is a vast hydrological region in the Northern Hemisphere whose rivers and streams ultimately flow into the Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Arctic Ocean watershed 2
Arctic Ocean drainage basin 1
Arctic Ocean watershed divide 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
hydrological region ⓘ
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
borderedBy Arctic drainage basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arctic Ocean watershed divide
characterizedBy boreal forest ecosystems ⓘ
permafrost ⓘ
tundra ecosystems ⓘ
drainsInto Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Baffin Bay ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
Beaufort Sea ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ
East Siberian Sea ⓘ
Greenland Sea ⓘ
Kara Sea ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ
Lincoln Sea ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
hasFeature extensive wetlands ⓘ
large river deltas ⓘ
hasPart Churchill River ⓘ
surface form: Churchill River basin

Fraser River Arctic-ward tributaries ⓘ
Kolyma River basin ⓘ
Lena River ⓘ
surface form: Lena River basin

Mackenzie River ⓘ
surface form: Mackenzie River basin

Nelson River ⓘ
surface form: Nelson River basin

Northern Dvina River ⓘ
surface form: Northern Dvina River basin

Ob River ⓘ
surface form: Ob River basin

Pechora River basin ⓘ
Northern Dvina River ⓘ
surface form: Severnaya Dvina River basin

Taimyr River basin ⓘ
Yenisei River ⓘ
surface form: Yenisei River basin

Yukon River ⓘ
surface form: Yukon River basin
includesCountryTerritoryOf Canada ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
influences Arctic Ocean freshwater budget ⓘ
Arctic sea ice conditions ⓘ
global thermohaline circulation ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf global hydrological cycle ⓘ
studiedInField climatology ⓘ
cryosphere science ⓘ
hydrology ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arctic drainage basin → borderedBy → Arctic drainage basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arctic Ocean watershed divide
Brooks Range → drainageDivide → Arctic drainage basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arctic Ocean watershed
Hudson Bay region → partOf → Arctic drainage basin ⓘ
James Bay → partOf → Arctic drainage basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arctic Ocean watershed
Ob River → partOf → Arctic drainage basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arctic Ocean drainage basin