Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
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Summary
Great Slave Lake is a glacial lake[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of glacial lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,360 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northwest Territories[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Instance of: lake[5]
- Inflows: Slave River[6], Tsąkuı Thedá Dezé[7], Taltson River[8], Little Buffalo River[9], Buffalo River[10], Hay River[11], Frank Channel[12], La Loche River[13], Mountain River[14], McKinlay River[15], Beaulieu River[16], Waldron River[17], François River[18], Akaitcho River[19]
- Outflows: Mackenzie River[20]
- Basin country: Canada[21]
- Commons category: Great Slave Lake[22]
- Coordinate location: 61.666666666666664, -114[23]
- Commons gallery: Great Slave Lake[24]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], The American Cyclopædia[27], New International Encyclopedia[28], The New Student's Reference Work[29], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[30]
- Native label: Tinde’e[31], Tu Nedhé[32], Tıdeè[33], Tucho[34]
- Different from: Lesser Slave Lake[35]
- Length: 480[36]
- Elevation above sea level: 156[37]
- Area: 27,209[38]
- Width: 109[39]
- Watershed area: 971,001[40]
- Volume as quantity: 1,580,000[41]
- Perimeter: 3057[42]
- Vertical depth: 614[43]
- Drainage basin: Mackenzie River basin[44]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[45]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Great Slave Lake[46]
Why It Matters
Great Slave Lake has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]