Amundsen Gulf Rivers

Amundsen gulf rivers. The croker river is a waterway above the arctic circle on the mainland of northern canada in the western kitikmeot region nunavut it is the largest river between darnley bay in the northwest territories and coronation gulf that flows into amundsen gulf. The amundsen gulf coastal challenges and rare light beyond the flow of the freshwater rivers we adjusted to the rhythmic swells of the undulating saltwater of the amundsen gulf. It originates at bluenose lake then flows northward. Its main tributary is the little hornaday river northwest of the park.

The hornaday is approximately 190 kilometres 120 mi long. The mackenzie river fourth largest in the arctic in terms of freshwater discharge and the largest in terms of sediment transport greatly influences the water and sediment characteristics of the mackenzie shelf and to a lesser extent the eastern most section of the alaskan beaufort shelf and amundsen gulf rachold et al 2004. Indeed macdonald et al 1998 139 small rivers located to the east mackenzie such as the andersonriver horton and hornaday rivers. Amundsen gulf 2 back 1 baffin island arctic drainage 1 barrow alaska 0 beaufort sea alaska yukon 1 colville river 1 coppermine 0 coronation gulf queen maud gulf 1 gulf of boothia 0 kobuk selawik 1 noatak river lisburne peninsula 1 northern arctic islands 1 northern seward peninsula 0 prudhoe bay 0 southern.

In 1850 the gulf was entered from the west by the british explorer. The amundsen gulf was explored by norwegian explorer roald amundsen between 1903 and 1906. The river empties into amundsen gulf s darnley bay 14 kilometres 9 mi east of the inuit hamlet of paulatuk. Few people live along the shores of the gulf but there are a few towns and communities including.

It is approximately 250 mi 400 km in length and about 93 mi 150 km across where it meets the beaufort sea. 137 furthermore the suspended particulate matter supply to the amundsen gulf much smaller than to the is 138 canadian beaufort shelf as no large rivers discharge into the gulf. The croker averages 55 metres 180 ft in width. The gulf is at the western end of the famous northwest passage a route from the atlantic ocean to the pacific.

Extending for 250 miles 400 km it is bordered by victoria island on the east and separates banks island north from the canadian mainland south. Amundsen gulf southeastern extension of the beaufort sea of the arctic ocean. Nanook river victoria island. By watershed arctic watershed.

It lies between banks island and victoria island and the mainland. First creek second creek aklak creek george creek and rummy creek drain the hornaday.