Kukjuak [1] ( born Koukdjuak River [2] ) is a river in Baffin Island in Nunavut , Canada . It originates at an altitude of 30 meters above sea level , flowing from Lake Nettilling on the western side, flows into the Fox Bay of the Arctic Ocean [1] [2] .
| Kukjuak | |
|---|---|
| English Koukdjuak river | |
 Satellite image of Nettilling Lake (right) and Kukjuak River (July 2008) | |
| Characteristic | |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | Nettilling |
| • Height | 30 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Fox |
| • Height | 0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Arctic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Nunavut |
| Area | Kikiktani |
 - source  - mouth | |
The first to describe the river in detail was Canadian explorer of the Arctic and ornithologist Joseph Souper . The river is the northern boundary of reindeer migration. Arctic char is widespread in the river. [3]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Canada: Geographic map: Scale 1: 7,500,000 / ed. G.A. Skachkova . - Roskartografiya, Omsk cartographic factory , 1995. - (Countries of the world "America"). - 1200 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 Nettilling Lake . - article from The Canadian Encyclopedia : thecanadianencyclopedia.com . Date of treatment December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations (Unavailable link) . canlii.org. Date of treatment January 21, 2008. Archived on September 29, 2007.
Related Literature
- Kraft, Paul G. Caribou Tagging on the Koukdjuak River, Baffin Island, NWT A Summary and Analysis of Tag Returns . Yellowknife: NWT Wildlife Service, 1984. ISBN 0-7708-7140-2
- Kristofferson, AH, RD Sopuck, and DK McGowan. Commercial Fishing Potential for Searun Arctic Charr, Koukdjuak River and Nettilling Lake, Northwest Territories . Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, no. 2120. Winnipeg: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 1991.