Nanook ( Eng. Nanook River , translated - "polar bear") - a river on the island of Victoria , Northern Canada . It originates in the Northwest Territories and ends in the province of Nunavut .
| Nanuk | |
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| English Nanook river | |
| Characteristic | |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Vaykaunt-Melville |
| • Height | 0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Arctic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Regions | Northwest Territories , Nunavut |
 - source  - mouth | |
The source is located on the central plain of the island [1] , south of the Sheyler Mountains mountain range [2] and north of Cambridge Bay (approximately two hours of flight time on the DHC-6 Twin Otter ).
The river flows eastward, passes through a threshold [3] and then flows into Lake Namaykash ( born Namaycush Lake ). From here it deviates northward and flows through several lakes, the largest of which is the final of them, reaching ten kilometers in length and seven in width [4] . Over the last eight kilometers of the river’s path there are several uncharted rapids, overcoming which, the river flows into the Hadley Bay , which connects with the Vaykaunt-Melville Strait [5] .
This river has no glacial power . On its shores, plants such as the pendulum , the polar poppy , the dryad , representatives of sedge , were found, as well as willow thickets. Polar bears are often found around the mouth, and throughout the river, polar foxes , lemmings , musk ox , white owls and Caribou Piri .
Notes
- ↑ Struzik, 2005 , p. 110.
- ↑ Nunavut - Land of Adventure (inaccessible link) . Gorp.com Date of treatment January 17, 2014. Archived February 1, 2014.
- ↑ Struzik, 2005 , p. 105
- ↑ Struzik, 2005 , p. 115
- ↑ Bruce W. Hodgins, Gwyneth Hoyle. Canoeing north into the unknown: a record of river travel, 1874 to 1974 . - Dundurn Press Ltd., 1994 .-- S. 253. - ISBN 0-920474-93-4 .
Literature
- Ed Struzik. Ten Rivers: Adventure Stories from the Arctic . - CanWest Books, 2005. - ISBN 0-9736719-4-7 .