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Whitefish River
Country Canada
Territory Northwest Territories
Region Sahtu
District Deline
Physical characteristics
Main source Unnamed lake
480 m (1,570 ft)
65°44′20″N 122°44′51″W / 65.73889°N 122.74750°W / 65.73889; -122.74750
River mouth Great Bear Lake
186 m (610 ft)
65°55′00″N 124°48′07″W / 65.91667°N 124.80194°W / 65.91667; -124.80194
Length 144 km (89 mi)
Basin features
Basin size 4,740 km2 (1,830 sq mi)

The Whitefish River is a river in the Deline District, Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is in the Arctic Ocean and Mackenzie River drainage basins, is a tributary of Great Bear Lake and has a watershed of 4,740 square kilometres (1,830 sq mi).

Hydrology

A hydrometric station operated near the mouth of the Whitefish River between 1977 and 1992. It recorded a mean annual flow of 13.6 cubic metres (480.3 cu ft) per second. The hydrometric station was re-established in July 2017.

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