River
Coppermine River
840 km from source to mouth · Canada.
CanadaFlows into Coronation Gulf
In numbers
Length
840km
Average flow
190m³/s
Basin
30,831km²
Drop
440m
from 440 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
840 km of river and 6 stops on the way: 0 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmLac de Grasat 440 m
- 76 kmRockinghorse Lake226 km²
- 92 kmHanikahimajuk Lake3.0 km²
- 135 kmTaki Lake4.3 km²
- 143 kmNapaktulik Lake1,032 km²
- 312 kmQingaluk Lake1.8 km²
- 461 kmBloody Fall
- 504 kmCoronation Gulfat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Canada
At the mouth it carries 189 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 13 seconds. It drops from 440 m to 0 m, 0.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 30,831 km², about the size of BE. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from June to August; lowest: from January to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- KugluktukLargest city on its banks · 1,382 people
- On the water2 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe70 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- JulyThe best months to visit
Coppermine River, month by month
Highest water: from June to August
Lowest water: from January to April. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from October to May. Melting snow makes up much of its water. Best months to visit: July.
From about 110 m³/s in the lowest month to 380 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Coppermine River: the basin in numbers
30,831 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 79people live in the basin
- 430maverage altitude of the basin
- 249mmof rain a year (basin average)
- -11.0°Caverage air temperature
- 14.7%covered by lakes
- 99%permafrost
What covers the basin
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Coppermine River: what you find on the way
- 1WaterfallsBloody Falls
- 70Rapids
- 2Boat rampsBoat Launch
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Coppermine River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
5lakes on its wayLakeyas
1beach at the mouth or on the banksCoastya
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Bloody Fallkm 461
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (5)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Rockinghorse Lakekm 76226km²
- Hanikahimajuk Lakekm 923.0km²
- Taki Lakekm 1354.3km²
- Napaktulik Lakekm 1431,032km²
- Qingaluk Lakekm 3121.8km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (1)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Expeditor Cove10 km away · cove4.5°C
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Seven Mile Island15 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Coppermine River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (1)
Also: Kendall River
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1131514) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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