Keele River
| Keele River | |
|---|---|
Braided channel above Summit Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Selwyn Mountains |
| • elevation | 1,401 m (4,596 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Mackenzie River |
• coordinates | 64°25′N 124°48′W / 64.417°N 124.800°W |
• elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Length | 410 km (250 mi) |
| Basin size | 19,000 km2 (7,300 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Above Twitya River |
| • average | 115.7 m3/s (4,090 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 20 m3/s (710 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 550 m3/s (19,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Southwest-northeast |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Tsichu River, Intga River, Ekwi River, Twitya River, Summit Creek |
| • right | Sekwi 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, 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.