North Nahanni River is a river in the
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
of
Canada
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. It is a major tributary of the
Mackenzie River.
Course
The North Nahanni River originates in the Backbone Ranges of the
Mackenzie Mountains
The Mackenzie Mountains are a Canadian 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. Nahanni Nat ...
, at an elevation of . 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 , downstream from
Fort Simpson.
Tributaries
From headwaters to mouth, the North nahanni River receives waters from the following tributaries:
*Deceiver Creek
*Battlement Creek
*
Ram River
*
Tetcela River
See 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)
* Nanook ...
References
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Rivers of the Northwest Territories
Tributaries of the Mackenzie River