Thelon River
River in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Thelon River (Inuktitut: Akilinik, lit. "on the other side")[5] stretches 900 kilometres (560 mi) across northern Canada. Its source is Whitefish Lake in the Northwest Territories, and it flows east to Baker Lake in Nunavut. The Thelon ultimately drains into Hudson Bay at Chesterfield Inlet.
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Thelon River | |
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Etymology | "on the other side" in Inuktitut[1][2] |
Native name | Akilinik (Inuktitut) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Territories | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Whitefish Lake |
• location | North Slave Region, Northwest Territories |
• coordinates | 62°30′32″N 106°49′17″W |
• elevation | 371 m (1,217 ft) |
Mouth | Chesterfield Inlet |
• location | Baker Lake, Nunavut |
• coordinates | 64°16′30″N 96°4′35″W[3] |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 900 km (560 mi) |
Basin size | 142,400 km2 (55,000 sq mi)[4] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Dubawnt River, Kazan River |
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