Whitefish River (Northwest Territories)

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Location of Whitefish River

The Whitefish River is a tributary of the Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

The Whitefish River rises 25 km north- northeast of Deline in a range of hills south-west of Great Bear Lake at an altitude of about 480 m. It flows initially in a northerly direction, turns later to the west, before the flow in the lower reaches turns to the north-northwest and empties into the Bay Bydand in the extreme southwest of the Smith Arms. The Whitefish River has numerous narrow meander. It has a length of about 130 km. The catchment area covers about 4740 km ². In the lower reaches an outflow level / s provides a mean discharge of 14 m³ exists.