located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity great bear river
The Great Bear Lake ( Slavey : " Sahtú " , French : " Grand lac de l ' Ours ") is the largest lake entirely in ___MASK74___ ( Lake Superior and Lake Huron straddling the ___MASK74___ - US border are larger ), the fourth largest in ___MASK38___ America , and the eighth largest in the world . The lake is in the ___MASK18___ , on the Arctic Circle between 65 and 67 degrees of northern latitude and between 118 and 123 degrees western longitude , above sea level . ___MASK38___ America is a continent entirely within the ___MASK36___ Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere . It can also be considered a ___MASK36___ subcontinent of the Americas . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the east by the ___MASK27___ , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea . A ___MASK65___ is a natural flowing watercourse , usually ___MASK4___ , flowing towards an ocean , sea , lake or another ___MASK65___ . In some cases a ___MASK65___ flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water . Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream , creek , brook , rivulet , and rill . There are no official definitions for the generic term ___MASK65___ as applied to geographic features , although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size . Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location ; examples are " run " in some parts of the United States , " burn " in Scotland and northeast England , and " beck " in ___MASK36___ England . Sometimes a ___MASK65___ is defined as being larger than a creek , but not always : the language is vague . Lake Huron is one ___MASK5___ the five Great ___MASK95___ ___MASK5___ North America . Hydrologically , it comprises the easterly portion ___MASK5___ Lake Michigan  Huron , having the same surface elevation as its westerly counterpart , to which it is connected by the , Straits ___MASK5___ Mackinac . It is shared on the east by the Canadian province ___MASK5___ Ontario and on the west by the state ___MASK5___ Michigan in the United States . The name ___MASK5___ the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region . The Huronian glaciation was named due to evidence collected from Lake Huron region . The ___MASK36___ parts ___MASK5___ the lake include the North Channel and Georgian Bay . The main inlet is the St . Marys River and the main outlet is the St . Clair . The ___MASK1___ ___MASK65___ is the chief ___MASK65___ ___MASK5___ the largest drainage system on the North American continent . Flowing entirely in the United States ( although its drainage basin reaches into Canada ), it rises in ___MASK36___ Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the ___MASK1___ ___MASK65___ Delta at the ___MASK8___ . With its many tributaries , the ___MASK1___ ' s watershed drains all or parts ___MASK5___ 31 U . S . states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains . The ___MASK1___ ranks as the fourth longest and fifteenth largest ___MASK65___ in the world by discharge . The ___MASK65___ either borders or passes through the states ___MASK5___ Minnesota , ___MASK76___ , Iowa , Illinois , Missouri , Kentucky , Tennessee , Arkansas , ___MASK1___ , and ___MASK46___ . Slavey ( also Slave , Slavé ) is an Athabaskan language spoken among the Slavey First Nations ___MASK5___ Canada in the ___MASK18___ where it also has official status . The language is written using Canadian Aboriginal syllabics or the Latin script . The 113 - kilometre ( 70 mi ) long Great Bear ___MASK65___ , which drains the Great Bear Lake westward through marshes into the Mackenzie ___MASK65___ , forms an important transportation link during its four ice - free months . It originates at ___MASK82___ - west bay ___MASK5___ the lake . The river has irregular meander pattern 350 - metre ( 1 , 150 ft ) wide channel with average depth 6 metres ( 20 ft ) . Historic air photos show no evidence ___MASK5___ bank erosion or channel migration in a 50 - year period . The low discharge rate is due to small amount ___MASK5___ precipitation in watershed area . Great Bear ___MASK65___ contained open reaches that had melted out in place over 80 percent ___MASK5___ its length in 1972 and 1974 . The settlement ___MASK5___ Tulita is located at the mouth ___MASK5___ the river . The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest ___MASK5___ the world ' s five major oceans . The International Hydrographic Organization ( IHO ) recognizes it as an ocean , although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea , classifying it a mediterranean sea or an estuary ___MASK5___ the ___MASK27___ . Alternatively , the Arctic Ocean can be seen as the northernmost part ___MASK5___ the all - encompassing World Ocean . The ___MASK18___ ( also known as NWT ; French : " les Territoires du Nord - Ouest ", " TNO "; Athabaskan languages : " Denendeh "; Inuinnaqtun : " Nunatsiaq "; Inuktitut :  ) is a territory of Canada . At a land area of approximately and a 2011 population of 41 , 462 , it is the second largest and most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada . Its estimated population as of 2016 is 44 , 291 . Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967 , following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission . ___MASK63___ ( also commonly called the ___MASK63___ ) is the westernmost and smallest ___MASK5___ Canada ' s three federal territories ( the other two are ___MASK18___ and Nunavut ). The territory is very sparsely populated with its about 35 , 000 people on almost half a million square kilometres . ___MASK88___ is the territorial capital and ___MASK63___ ' s only city . ___MASK74___ ( French : ) is a country in the ___MASK36___ half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK74___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK74___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is ___MASK41___ ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Inuvialuktun , also known as Western Canadian Inuit , Western Canadian Inuktitut , and Western Canadian Inuktun , comprises several Inuit language varieties spoken in the ___MASK36___ ___MASK18___ and Nunavut by those Canadian Inuit who call themselves " Inuvialuit ". The Mackenzie ___MASK65___ ( Slavey language : Deh - Cho , " big ___MASK65___ " or Inuvialuktun : Kuukpak , " great ___MASK65___ ") is the largest and longest ___MASK65___ system in ___MASK74___ , and is exceeded only by the ___MASK1___ ___MASK65___ system in ___MASK38___ America . It flows through a vast , isolated region ___MASK5___ forest and tundra entirely within the country ' s Yukon and ___MASK18___ , although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories . The ___MASK65___ ' s mainstem runs in a northerly direction to the Arctic Ocean , draining a vast area nearly the size ___MASK5___ Indonesia . It is the largest ___MASK65___ flowing into the Arctic from ___MASK38___ America , and with its tributaries is one ___MASK5___ the longest rivers in the world . ___MASK25___ ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of ___MASK25___ , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , ___MASK25___ is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . Lake ___MASK91___ is the largest ___MASK5___ the Great ___MASK95___ ___MASK5___ North America . The lake is shared by the Canadian province ___MASK5___ Ontario to the north , the US state ___MASK5___ Minnesota to the west , and ___MASK76___ and Michigan to the south . It is generally considered the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area . It is the world ' s third - largest freshwater lake by volume and the largest by volume in North America . In physical geography , tundra is a type ___MASK5___ biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons . The term " tundra " comes through Russian  (" tûndra ") from the Kildin Sami word " tndâr " " uplands ", " treeless mountain tract ". There are three types ___MASK5___ tundra : Arctic tundra , alpine tundra , and Antarctic tundra . In tundra , the vegetation is composed ___MASK5___ dwarf shrubs , sedges and grasses , mosses , and lichens . Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions . The ecotone ( or ecological boundary region ) between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline .