Keele River

Keele River
Braided channel above Summit Creek
Map
Location
CountryCanada
TerritoryNorthwest Territories
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSelwyn Mountains
 • elevation1,401 m (4,596 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Mackenzie River
 • coordinates
64°25′N 124°48′W / 64.417°N 124.800°W / 64.417; -124.800
 • elevation
121 m (397 ft)
Length410 km (250 mi)
Basin size19,000 km2 (7,300 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationAbove Twitya River
 • average115.7 m3/s (4,090 cu ft/s)[1]
 • minimum20 m3/s (710 cu ft/s)
 • maximum550 m3/s (19,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionSouthwest-northeast
Tributaries 
 • leftTsichu River, Intga River, Ekwi River, Twitya River, Summit Creek
 • rightSekwi Brook, Natla River, Dorkan Creek, Nidhe Brook, Naintin Brook, Toochingkla River, Moose Nest Creek, Red Dog Creek, Middle Creek

The Keele River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River, about 410 kilometres (250 mi) long,[2] in the western part of the Canadian Northwest Territories. Flowing in a generally northeast direction, it drains a sparsely populated, rugged area of the Mackenzie Mountains.

  1. ^ Kokelj, Shawne A. (Dec 2001). "Hydrologic Overview of the Gwich'in and Sahtu Settlement Areas" (PDF). Government of Northwest Territories, Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Length measured in Google Earth using data from Canadian topo maps to find the source