Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Great Lakes.
Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the deepest lake in North America at 614m,[1] and the ninth-largest lake in the world. It is 480 kilometres (300 mi) long and 19 to 109 kilometres (12 to 68 mi) wide. It covers 27,200 square kilometres (10,502 sq mi).[1] The lake shares its name with the Slavey First Nations. Towns on the lake include: Yellowknife, Hay River, Behchoko, Fort Resolution, Lutselk'e, Hay River Reserve, Dettah and N'Dilo.
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Great Slave Lake | |
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Location | Northwest Territories |
Coordinates | 61°40′N 114°00′W |
Type | remnant of a vast glacial lake |
Primary inflows | Hay River, Slave River |
Primary outflows | Mackenzie River |
Catchment area | 971,000 km2 (374,905 sq mi)[1] |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 480 km (300 mi)[source?] |
Max. width | 109 km (68 mi)[source?] |
Surface area | 27,200 km2 (10,502 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 41 m (135 ft)[1] |
Max. depth | 614 m (2,014 ft)[1] |
Water volume | 1,580 km3 (380 cu mi)[1]/ |
Shore length1 | 3,057 km (1,900 mi)[1] |
Surface elevation | 156 m (512 ft)[1] |
Frozen | November - mid June[2] |
Settlements | Yellowknife, Hay River, Behchoko, Fort Resolution, Lutselk'e, Hay River Reserve, Dettah, N'Dilo |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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