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The long Great Bear River, which drains the
Maps of Canada Annual Precipitation Great Bear River contained open reaches that had melted out in place over 80 percent of its length in 1972 and 1974. The settlement of Tulita, Northwest Territories, Tulita is located at the mouth of the river.
Great Bear Lake: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia ArticleCanadian Council for Geographic Education page with a series of articles on the history of the Mackenzie River
{{authority control Rivers of the Northwest Territories Physiographic provinces Physiographic sections Tributaries of the Mackenzie River
The long Great Bear River, which drains the Great Bear Lake
Great Bear Lake ( den, Sahtú; french: Grand lac de l'Ours) is a lake in the boreal forest of Canada. It is the largest lake entirely in Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron are larger but straddle the Canada–US border), the fourth-largest ...
westward through marshes into the Mackenzie River, forms an important transportation link during its four ice-free months. It originates at south-west bay of the lake. The river has irregular meander pattern wide channel with average depth . Historic air photos show no evidence of bank erosion or channel migration in a 50-year period.
The low discharge rate is due to small amount of precipitation in watershed area.Maps of Canada Annual Precipitation Great Bear River contained open reaches that had melted out in place over 80 percent of its length in 1972 and 1974. The settlement of Tulita, Northwest Territories, Tulita is located at the mouth of the river.
Tributaries
The tributaries of the Great Bear River include; * Porcupine River * Rosalie Creek * Stick Creek * Wolverine Creek * St. Charles Creek * Brackett RiverSee also
*List of rivers of the Northwest Territories
This is a list of rivers that are in whole or partly in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
By watershed
Arctic Ocean watershed
* Back River ( Nunavut)
;Canadian Arctic Archipelago
* Hornaday River (Nunavut)
* Kagloryuak River (Nunavut)
*Nanoo ...
References
External links
Great Bear Lake: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
{{authority control Rivers of the Northwest Territories Physiographic provinces Physiographic sections Tributaries of the Mackenzie River