back river

The Back River, formerly Backs River, is the 20th longest Canadian river and is located in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It rises at an unnamed lake in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories and flows more than 974 km mostly through the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, to its mouth at the Arctic Ocean in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut.
  • Etymology: Named after Sir George Back
  • Country: Canada
  • Territories: Nunavut & Northwest Territories
  • Source: Unnamed lake
  • Mouth: Chantrey Inlet, Arctic Ocean
  • Length: 974 km (605 mi)
  • Basin size: 106,500 km² (41,100 sq mi)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org