Arctic (Ocean)

Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...

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• Back River
  Back River
  The Back River , is a river in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada...
  
  

• Hornaday River
  Hornaday River
  Hornaday River is a waterway located above the Arctic Circle on the mainland of Northern Canada....
  
  
• Kagloryuak River
  Kagloryuak River
  The Kagloryuak River is located on Victoria Island in Northern Canada, commencing in Nunavut and ending in the Northwest Territories. Starting from the central plains, it flows west into Prince Albert Sound....
  
  
• Nanook River
  Nanook River
  The Nanook River is located on Victoria Island in Northern Canada, commencing in the Northwest Territories and ending in Nunavut....
  
  
• Roscoe River
  Roscoe River
  The Roscoe River is a waterway located above the Arctic Circle on the mainland of Northern Canada.It originates at in western Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, northwest of Bluenose Lake...
  
  
• Thomsen River
  Thomsen River
  The Thomsen River, located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, is the northernmost usable river of the country. It is famous for canoeing.It flows across Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and flows northward through Aulavik National Park before it empties through the Castel Bay...
  
  

• Anderson River
  Anderson River (Northwest Territories)
  The Anderson River is in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada. It originates in lakes north of Great Bear Lake; its headwaters are in the vicinity of the hamlet of Colville Lake . It flows north and west in the area between the Mackenzie and Coppermine Rivers...
  
  
• Horton River
  Horton River (Canada)
  The Horton River is a river in Inuvik and Sahtu Regions, Northwest Territories and Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a tributary of the Beaufort Sea and hence part of the Arctic Ocean drainage basin. Only the first few kilometres from its source are within Nunavut.-Course:The river begins at...
  
  
• Mackenzie River
  Mackenzie River
  The Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country's Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories...
  
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  • Great Slave Lake
    Great Slave Lake
    Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada , the deepest lake in North America at , and the ninth-largest lake in the world. It is long and wide. It covers an area of in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges from to and up to ...
    
     Watershed
    • Slave River
      Slave River
      The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from Lake Athabasca in northeastern Alberta and empties into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories....
      
      
    • Hay River
      Hay River (Canada)
      Hay River is a large river in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada.It originates in the muskeg of north western Alberta, flows west to British Columbia, then returns to Alberta, where it follows a northern course towards the Northwest Territories, where it discharges in the...
      
      
    • Yellowknife River
      Yellowknife River
      The Yellowknife River is a river in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It flows south and empties into Yellowknife Bay, part of Great Slave Lake, at the city of Yellowknife. The name of the river derives from the Yellowknife tribe, a First Nations people that formerly lived in the area.The city of...
      
      
    • Taltson River
      Taltson River
      The Taltson River is a roughly river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It flows into the Great Slave Lake and ultimately reaches the Beaufort Sea through the Mackenzie River. Eight reservoirs, Nonacho, Taltson, King, Lady Grey, Benna Thy, Kozo, Twin Gorges, and Tsu, impound the river to...
      
      
  • Kakisa River
    Kakisa River
    Kakisa River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.The river gives the name to the Kakisa Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.-Course:...
    
    
  • Horn River
    Horn River
    The Horn River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.The river gives the name to the Horn River Formation, a shale deposit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin...
    
    
  • Bouvier River
  • Redknife River
    Redknife River
    The Redknife River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.The Redknife Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin was named for the river.-Course:...
    
    
  • Trout River
    Trout River (Northwest Territories)
    Trout River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.The river gives the name to the Trout River Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.-Course:...
    
    
  • Jean Marie River
  • Spence River
  • Rabbitskin River
  • Liard River
    Liard River
    The Liard River flows through Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Rising in the Saint Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains in southeastern Yukon, it flows southeast through British Columbia, marking the northern end of the Rocky Mountains and then curving northeast back...
    
    
    • South Nahanni River
      South Nahanni River
      The South Nahanni River is a major tributary of the Liard River, located roughly 500 kilometres west of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the centerpiece of Nahanni National Park Reserve...
      
      
    • Muskeg River
    • Petitot River
      Petitot River
      Petitot is a river in northern Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It is a tributary of the Liard River.Petitot River originates from Bistcho Lake in northwestern Alberta, and flows westwards along the northern borders of Alberta and British Columbia. It then passes in the Northwest Territories,...
      
      
    • Kotaneelee River
      Kotaneelee River
      The Kotaneelee River is a river in the Northwest territories of Canada. It is a tributary of the Liard River.It gives the name to the Kotaneelee Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.-Course:...
      
      
    • Fort Nelson River
      Fort Nelson River
      The Fort Nelson River is located in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada. It flows 517 km generally north-westward to the Liard River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean...
      
      
    • Kechika River
      Kechika River
      The Kechika River also historically known as Black's River, is a tributary of the Liard River, located in northern British Columbia, Canada. The river rises at the Sifton Pass and flows northwest and then east 230 kilometres to join with the Liard River near Fireside, British Columbia...
      
      
    • Dease River
      Dease River
      The Dease River flows through northwestern British Columbia, Canada and is a tributary of the Liard River. The river descends from Dease Lake, though its ultimate origin is in the headwater of Little Dease Creek at Snow Peak, approximately 50 km to the west of the lake...
      
      
    • Frances River
      Frances River
      The Frances River is a river of New Zealand. It arises near Lambert Col and flows south to join McCoy Stream to form the Clyde River, New Zealand. The Clyde flows into the Rangitata River, which eventually exits into the Pacific Ocean.-References:...
      
      
  • Harris River
    Harris River
    The Harris River is a tidal river within the city of Hampton in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is a southerly arm of the Back River, an inlet of Chesapeake Bay.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia...
    
    
  • Martin River
  • Trail River
  • North Nahanni River
    North Nahanni River
    North Nahanni River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River-Course:The North Nahanni River originates in the Backbone Ranges of the Mackenzie Mountains, at an elevation of . It flows east, south of the Thundercloud Range, then turns...
    
    
  • Root River
  • Willowlake River
  • River Between Two Mountains
  • Wrigley River
  • Ochre River
  • Johnson River
    Johnson River
    -See also:*List of rivers of Minnesota-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota...
    
    
  • Blackwater River
  • Dahadinni River
  • Saline River
  • Redstone River
    Redstone River
    The Redstone River is a large river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is about long. It is a tributary of the Mackenzie River, joining it on the left bank some north of Wrigley...
    
    
  • Keele River
    Keele River
    The Keele River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River, about long, in the western part of the Canadian Northwest Territories. Flowing in a generally northeast direction, it drains a sparsely populated, rugged area of the Mackenzie Mountains.-Course:...
    
    
  • Great Bear River
    Great Bear River
    The -long Great Bear River, which drains the Great Bear Lake 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...
    
    
    • Great Bear Lake
      Great Bear Lake
      Great Bear Lake is the largest lake entirely within Canada , the third or fourth largest in North America, and the seventh or eighth largest in the world...
      
       Watershed
  • Little Bear River
  • Carcajou River
  • Mountain River
    Mountain River
    The Mountain River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Its source is in the Mackenzie Mountains close to the watershed border with Yukon Territory. It flows eastward, joining the Mackenzie River just south of the Arctic Circle...
    
    
  • Donnelly River
  • Tsintu River
  • Hare Indian River
  • Loon River
    Loon River
    -See also:*List of rivers of Minnesota-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota...
    
    
  • Tieda River
  • Gillis River
  • Gossage River
  • Thunder River
    Thunder River
    The Thunder River is a tributary of the Peshtigo River.The Thunder River originates in northern Oconto County near Thunder Mountain and travels downslope into Marinette County past a waterfall known as Veteran Falls to the Peshtigo River....
    
    
  • Tree River
  • Rabbit Hay River
  • Arctic Red River
    Arctic Red River
    The Arctic Red River is the name of a tributary to the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, Canada.In 1993 the river was designated as part of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System. It was also the name of a community on the Mackenzie where the river joins, now known as Tsiigehtchic...
    
    
  • Peel River
    Peel River (Canada)
    The Peel River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River in the Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada. Its source is in the Ogilvie Mountains in the central Yukon at the confluence of the Ogilvie River and Blackstone River...
    
    
    • Ogilvie River
    • Blackstone River (Canada)
    • Hart River
    • Wind River (Yukon)
      Wind River (Yukon)
      The Wind River is a river in Yukon, part of the Peel River watershed. The river is made up of long sets of Class I and Class II rapids, with virtually no flat water. The river is very wide and braided at parts, and can get very shallow. It lies to the west of the Bonnet Plume and Snake Rivers.The...
      
      
    • Bonnet Plume River
      Bonnet Plume River
      The Bonnet Plume River is one of the Yukon's better-known rivers. It flows from a mountain lake source in the Bonnet Plume Range in the Mackenzie Mountains through several mountain ranges to its confluence with the Peel. It is very popular with outdoor enthusiasts as a canoe, kayak or rafting trip...
      
      
    • Snake River (Yukon)
      Snake River (Yukon)
      The Snake River is located in the Yukon Territory near the Northwest Territories border. It is the farthest east river in the Peel watershed, a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.The Snake is 300 km in length...
      
      
  • Rengleng River

• Coppermine River
  Coppermine River
  The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada. It is long. It rises in Lac de Gras, a small lake near Great Slave Lake and flows generally north to Coronation Gulf, an arm of the Arctic Ocean...
  
  
  • Kendall River
    Kendall River
    Kendall River is a small river and tributary to the Coppermine River in the Canadian Northwest Territories that connects the Dismal Lakes to the Coppermine River....
    
    

Atlantic (Ocean)

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 Watershed

• Thelon River
  Thelon River
  The Thelon River stretches 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.-Geography:...
  
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  • Elk River
  • Hanbury River

Alphabetical

• Anderson River
  Anderson River (Northwest Territories)
  The Anderson River is in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada. It originates in lakes north of Great Bear Lake; its headwaters are in the vicinity of the hamlet of Colville Lake . It flows north and west in the area between the Mackenzie and Coppermine Rivers...
  
  
• Arctic Red River
  Arctic Red River
  The Arctic Red River is the name of a tributary to the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, Canada.In 1993 the river was designated as part of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System. It was also the name of a community on the Mackenzie where the river joins, now known as Tsiigehtchic...
  
  
• Back River
  Back River
  The Back River , is a river in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada...
  
  
• Coppermine River
  Coppermine River
  The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada. It is long. It rises in Lac de Gras, a small lake near Great Slave Lake and flows generally north to Coronation Gulf, an arm of the Arctic Ocean...
  
  
• Elk River
• Flat River
• Fond du Lac River (Mackenzie River)
  Fond du Lac River (Mackenzie River)
  The Fond du Lac River is one of the upper branches of the Mackenzie River system, draining into the Arctic Ocean, located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The river is long, has a watershed of , and its mean discharge is per second.-Hydrology:...
  
  
• Great Bear River
  Great Bear River
  The -long Great Bear River, which drains the Great Bear Lake 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...
  
  
• Hanbury River
• Hornaday River
  Hornaday River
  Hornaday River is a waterway located above the Arctic Circle on the mainland of Northern Canada....
  
  
• Kagloryuak River
  Kagloryuak River
  The Kagloryuak River is located on Victoria Island in Northern Canada, commencing in Nunavut and ending in the Northwest Territories. Starting from the central plains, it flows west into Prince Albert Sound....
  
  
• Kendall River
  Kendall River
  Kendall River is a small river and tributary to the Coppermine River in the Canadian Northwest Territories that connects the Dismal Lakes to the Coppermine River....
  
  
• Liard River
  Liard River
  The Liard River flows through Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Rising in the Saint Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains in southeastern Yukon, it flows southeast through British Columbia, marking the northern end of the Rocky Mountains and then curving northeast back...
  
  
• Little Nahanni River
• Mackenzie River
  Mackenzie River
  The Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country's Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories...
  
  
• Mountain River
  Mountain River
  The Mountain River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Its source is in the Mackenzie Mountains close to the watershed border with Yukon Territory. It flows eastward, joining the Mackenzie River just south of the Arctic Circle...
  
  
• Nanook River
  Nanook River
  The Nanook River is located on Victoria Island in Northern Canada, commencing in the Northwest Territories and ending in Nunavut....
  
  
• Rabbitkettle River
• Roscoe River
  Roscoe River
  The Roscoe River is a waterway located above the Arctic Circle on the mainland of Northern Canada.It originates at in western Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, northwest of Bluenose Lake...
  
  
• Slave River
  Slave River
  The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from Lake Athabasca in northeastern Alberta and empties into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories....
  
  
• South Nahanni River
  South Nahanni River
  The South Nahanni River is a major tributary of the Liard River, located roughly 500 kilometres west of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the centerpiece of Nahanni National Park Reserve...
  
  
• Thelon River
  Thelon River
  The Thelon River stretches 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.-Geography:...
  
  
• Thomsen River
  Thomsen River
  The Thomsen River, located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, is the northernmost usable river of the country. It is famous for canoeing.It flows across Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and flows northward through Aulavik National Park before it empties through the Castel Bay...
  
  
• Tree River
  Tree River
  The Tree River is a river in Nunavut, Canada. It flows into Coronation Gulf, an arm of the Arctic Ocean. It has an ice contact delta...
  
  
• Yellowknife River
  Yellowknife River
  The Yellowknife River is a river in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It flows south and empties into Yellowknife Bay, part of Great Slave Lake, at the city of Yellowknife. The name of the river derives from the Yellowknife tribe, a First Nations people that formerly lived in the area.The city of...