Mackenzie River
largest river system in Canada
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Summary
Mackenzie River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.32% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,573 views/month, #43 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northwest Territories[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Continent: North America[5]
- Named after: Alexander Mackenzie[6]
- Commons category: Mackenzie River[7]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Beaufort Sea[8]
- Lake on watercourse: Mills Lake[9]
- Origin of the watercourse: Great Slave Lake[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mackenzie River[11]
- Tributary: Kakisa River[12], Redknife River[13], Trout River[14], Liard River[15], North Nahanni River[16], Root River[17], Redstone River[18], Keele River[19], Carcajou River[20], Mountain River[21], Arctic Red River[22], Peel River[23], Horn River[24], Willowlake River[25]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Mackenzie River Basin[26]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], New International Encyclopedia[33], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[34]
- Native label: Deh Cho[35], Kuukpak[36], Deho[37], Nagwichoonjik[38], Grande Rivière[39]
- Length: 1738 km[40]
- Watershed area: 1,805,200 km²[41]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mackenzie River include Mackenzie District[42], a district of the Northwest Territories[43], in Canada[44], founded in 1895[45].
Why It Matters
Mackenzie River has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for it include Mackenzie District[42], a district of the Northwest Territories[43], in Canada[44], founded in 1895[45].