North Nahanni River

Coordinates: 62°15′07″N 123°19′42″W / 62.2519°N 123.3283°W

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North Nahanni River


Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Backbone Ranges
• coordinates	62°16′18″N 126°23′55″W / 62.27157°N 126.39859°W / 62.27157; -126.39859 (North Nahanni River headwaters)
• elevation	2,000 meters (6,600 ft)

Mouth
• location	Mackenzie River
• coordinates	62°15′07″N 123°19′42″W / 62.2519°N 123.3283°W / 62.2519; -123.3283 (North Nahanni River mouth)
• elevation	105 meters (344 ft)

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 2,000 meters (6,600 ft). 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 105 meters (344 ft), 110 kilometers (68 mi) 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

References

v t e Hydrography of the Northwest Territories
Rivers	Arctic Red Back Coppermine Fond du Lac Great Bear Hay Horn Hornaday Kagloryuak Keele Kotaneelee Liard Mackenzie North Nahanni Peel Petitot Redstone Roscoe Slave South Nahanni Trout Yellowknife more...
Lakes	Artillery Aylmer Blackwater Boyd Buffalo Clinton-Colden Colville Faber Firedrake Frame Great Bear Great Slave Hottah Howard Kakisa Kasba Keller Lac Belot Lac de Gras Lac des Bois (Northwest Territories) Lac La Martre Lynx MacKay McArthur Mosquito Napaktulik Nonacho Point Sambaa K'e Selwyn Snowbird Tahiryuak Tathlina Tulemalu Wholdaia more...
Coastal features	Amundsen Gulf Beaufort Sea Dolphin and Union Strait Fitzwilliam Strait Hazen Strait Husky Lakes Kellett Strait Liddon Gulf M'Clure Strait Minto Inlet Murray Inlet Prince of Wales Strait Richard Collinson Inlet Prince Albert Sound Wilkins Strait

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