Kendall River
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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.
Based on data collected at a gauging station that operated between 1969 and 1990, the river has a drainage area is 2790 square kilometres (1,077 sq mi), a mean annual flow of 15 m3/s, an average peak flow of 189 m3/s and an average low flow of zero, when the river freezes, usually between mid November and late May. Summer flows from the Kendall represent approximately 6% of the flow of the 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...
in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
that connects the Dismal Lakes
Dismal Lakes
Dismal Lakes are a series of three interconnected lakes in the Canadian Northwest Territories located roughly midway between the Coronation Gulf and Great Bear Lake, east of the Dease River. The Teshierpi River discharges into the narrows between the second and third Dismal Lakes, and the third...
to the Coppermine River.
Based on data collected at a gauging station that operated between 1969 and 1990, the river has a drainage area is 2790 square kilometres (1,077 sq mi), a mean annual flow of 15 m3/s, an average peak flow of 189 m3/s and an average low flow of zero, when the river freezes, usually between mid November and late May. Summer flows from the Kendall represent approximately 6% of the flow of the Coppermine River.