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Mackenzie River
The
Mackenzie River
(
Slavey language
:
Deh-Cho
,
big river
or
Inuvialuktun
:
Kuukpak
,
great river
) is the largest and longest
river
system in
Canada
, and is exceeded only by the
Mississippi River
system in North America. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and
tundra
entirely within the country's
Northwest Territories
, although its many tributaries reach into four other
Canadian provinces and territories
. The river's
mainstem
runs in a northerly direction to the
Arctic Ocean
, draining a vast area nearly the size of
Indonesia
. It is the largest river flowing into the Arctic from
North America
, and with its tributaries is one of the
longest rivers in the world
.
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