Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Summary
Great Bear Lake is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.53% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,288 views/month, #29 of 5,436).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northwest Territories[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Inflows: Haldane River[5], Whitefish River[6], Johnny Hoe River[7], Bloody River[8], Camsell River[9], Sloan River[10], Greenhorn River[11], Tilchuse River[12]
- Outflows: Great Bear River[13]
- Part of: Tsá Tué Biosphere Reserve[14]
- Commons category: Great Bear Lake[15]
- Has part(s): Keith Arm[16], McTavish Arm[17], McVicar Arm[18], Dease Arm[19], Smith Arm[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[24]
- Native label: Sahtú[25]
- Length: 400 km[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 155 m[27]
- Area: 31,153 km²[28]
- Width: 200 km[29]
- Watershed area: 114,717 km²[30]
- Volume as quantity: 2,236,000 cubic hectometre[31], 2236 cubic kilometre[32]
- Residence time of water: 124 years[33]
- Vertical depth: 446 m[34]
- Drainage basin: Mackenzie River basin[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Great Bear Lake[37]
Why It Matters
Great Bear Lake has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]