Horton River (Amundsen Gulf)
| Horton River | ||
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| Data | ||
| location | Nunavut , Northwest Territories (Canada) | |
| River system | Horton River | |
| source | about 100 km north of Dease Arm 67 ° 50 ′ 38 ″ N , 120 ° 45 ′ 2 ″ W |
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| Source height | 584 m | |
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Franklin Bay ( Amundsen Gulf ) Coordinates: 69 ° 56 ′ 1 " N , 126 ° 48 ′ 10" W 69 ° 56 ′ 1 " N , 126 ° 48 ′ 10" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 584 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.94 ‰ | |
| length | 618 km | |
The Horton River is a river in the Inuvik and Sahtu Regions in the Northwest Territories, as well as in the Kitikmeot Region in Nunavut , Canada .
The river flows into the Amundsen Gulf and thus belongs to the catchment area of the Arctic Ocean . Only the first few kilometers from its source are in Nunavut .
Course of the river
The river has its origin in a small lake about 100 km north of the Dease Arm , a bay of the Great Bear Lake . It flows through the Smoking Hills and flows east of Cape Bathurst into Franklin Bay and the Amundsen Gulf. There it forms a small river delta, about 125 km northwest of the Paulatuk community . Around 1800 the estuary was 100 km north of its present location, on Harrowby Bay on the west side of Cape Bathurst. A meander arm eroded its surrounding area and led to the diversion of the river.