Mackenzie River

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river

The Mackenzie River is the longest river system in Canada, flowing through the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean and draining a vast portion of northwestern North America.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mackenzie River basin 2
Mackenzie River system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinSize approximately 1,800,000 square kilometres ⓘ
approximately 695,000 square miles ⓘ
climateZone arctic ⓘ
subarctic ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
deltaEmptiesInto Beaufort Sea ⓘ
deltaLocatedIn Northwest Territories ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Alexander Mackenzie ⓘ
drainageBasin Mackenzie River Basin ⓘ
drains large portion of northwestern North America ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northwest ⓘ
flowsInto Beaufort Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Fort Good Hope ⓘ
Fort Providence ⓘ
Inuvik region ⓘ
Norman Wells ⓘ
Wrigley ⓘ
freezesSeasonally yes ⓘ
hasAverageDischargeRank one of the largest in North America ⓘ
hasDelta Mackenzie River delta ⓘ
surface form: Mackenzie River Delta
hasFeature extensive wetlands in its delta ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Arctic Red River ⓘ
Great Bear River ⓘ
Liard River ⓘ
Peace River ⓘ
Peel River ⓘ
Slave River ⓘ
importantFor Indigenous communities ⓘ
isLongestRiverIn Canada ⓘ
isOneOfLongestRiverSystemsIn North America ⓘ
length approximately 1080 miles ⓘ
approximately 1738 km ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Territories ⓘ
northwestern Canada ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Beaufort Sea ⓘ
namedAfter Alexander Mackenzie ⓘ
partOf Mackenzie River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mackenzie River system
passesThrough Mackenzie Valley ⓘ
source Great Slave Lake ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn Northwest Territories ⓘ
supportsEcosystem boreal forest ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
yearOfEuropeanExploration 1789 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Northwest Territories → contains → Mackenzie River ⓘ
Alexander Mackenzie → explored → Mackenzie River ⓘ
North America → hasMajorRiver → Mackenzie River ⓘ
Alexander Mackenzie → hasNamesake → Mackenzie River ⓘ
Arctic drainage basin → hasPart → Mackenzie River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mackenzie River basin
Mackenzie River → partOf → Mackenzie River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mackenzie River system
Beaufort Sea → receivesRiver → Mackenzie River ⓘ
Dene → traditionalTerritory → Mackenzie River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mackenzie River basin