Mackenzie River

The Mackenzie River is a river in the Canadian boreal forest and tundra. It forms, along with the , , and , the longest river system in , the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: largest river system in Canada
  • Also known as: Deh Cho”, “Dehcho”, “Fleuve Mackenzie”, “Kuukpak”, and “Mackenzie (Severozápadní teritoria : řeka)

Mackenzie River

Latitude
69.35° or 69° 21′ north
Longitude
-133.90564° or 133° 54′ 20″ west
Open location code
94X883XV+XP
Geo­Names ID
5954699
Wiki­data ID
Q3411
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mackenzie River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Mackenzierivier
  • Amharic: ማኬንዚ ወንዝ
  • Arabic: نهر ماكينزي
  • Armenian: Մակենզի
  • Asturian: Ríu Mackenzie
  • Bashkir: Маккензи
  • Basque: Mackenzie
  • Belarusian: Макензі
  • Belarusian: Рака Макензі
  • Bengali: ম্যাকেঞ্জি নদী
  • Bhojpuri: मैकेंजी नदी
  • Bosnian: Mackenzie
  • Breton: Mackenzie
  • Bulgarian: Маккензи
  • Catalan: Mackenzie
  • Catalan: Riu Mackenzie
  • Cebuano: Fleuve Mackenzie
  • Chinese: 馬更些河
  • Chinese: 马更些河
  • Chinese: 麥敬時河
  • Croatian: Mackenzie
  • Czech: Mackenzie (Severozápadní teritoria : řeka)
  • Czech: Mackenzie
  • Danish: Mackenzie River
  • Dutch: Fleuve Mackenzie
  • Dutch: Mackenzie
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ماكينزى
  • Esperanto: Makenzio
  • Estonian: Mackenzie jõgi
  • Fiji Hindi: Mackenzie Naddi
  • Finnish: Mackenzie
  • French: fleuve Mackenzie
  • French: Mackenzie
  • Galician: Río Mackenzie
  • Georgian: მაკენზი
  • German: Mackenzie (Severozápadní teritoria : řeka)
  • German: Mackenzie River
  • Greek: Ποταμός Μακένζι
  • Hebrew: מקנזי
  • Hindi: मैकेन्ज़ी नदी
  • Hungarian: Mackenzie
  • Icelandic: Mackenziefljót
  • Ido: Fluvio Mackenzie
  • Indonesian: Sungai Mackenzie
  • Inuktitut: ᒫᑭᓐᓯ ᑰᒃ
  • Irish: Abhainn Mackenzie
  • Italian: Mackenzie
  • Japanese: マッケンジー川
  • Kazakh: Макензи өзені
  • Kirghiz: Макензи
  • Korean: 매켄지강
  • Latin: Flumen Mackenzie
  • Latvian: Makenzi
  • Lithuanian: Makenzis
  • Lombard: Mackenzie
  • Macedonian: Мекензи
  • Malayalam: മക്കൻസി നദി
  • Mingrelian: მაკენზი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mackenzie (elv)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mackenzie
  • Norwegian: Mackenzie
  • Nyanja: Mtsinje wa Mackenzie
  • Occitan (post 1500): Mackenzie
  • Ossetian: Маккензи (цæугæдон)
  • Ossetian: Маккензи
  • Panjabi: ਮਕੈਂਜ਼ੀ ਦਰਿਆ
  • Persian: رود مکنزی
  • Polish: Mackenzie
  • Portuguese: Rio Mackenzie
  • Romanian: Fluviul Mackenzie
  • Romanian: Mackenzie
  • Russian: Маккензи
  • Scots: Mackenzie River
  • Serbian: Макензи
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mackenzie
  • Slovak: Mackenzie
  • Slovenian: Mackenziejeva reka
  • South Azerbaijani: مکنزی چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Mackenzie
  • Spanish: Río Mackenzie
  • Swahili: Mto Mackenzie
  • Swedish: Fleuve Mackenzie
  • Swedish: Mackenziefloden
  • Tamil: மெக்கன்சி ஆறு
  • Thai: แม่น้ำแมกเคนซี
  • Turkish: Mackenzie Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Макензі
  • Ukrainian: Маккензі
  • Uzbek: Makenzi
  • Venetian: Fiume Mackenzie
  • Vietnamese: Sông Mackenzie
  • Waray (Philippines): Salog Mackenzie
  • Welsh: Afon Mackenzie
  • Western Panjabi: دریاۓ میکینزی
  • Wu Chinese: 马更些河
  • Yue Chinese: 麥敬時河
  • Deh Cho
  • मैकेंजी नदी

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