Hayes River (Nunavut)

Hayes River
Country Canada
Territory Nunavut
Regions Kitikmeot, Kivalliq
Source Unnamed lake
 - location Kivalliq Region
 - elevation 496 m (1,627 ft)
 - coordinates 66°28′37″N 90°46′08″W / 66.47694°N 90.76889°W / 66.47694; -90.76889
Mouth Back River
 - location Kitikmeot Region
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 67°08′00″N 95°17′00″W / 67.13333°N 95.28333°W / 67.13333; -95.28333Coordinates: 67°08′00″N 95°17′00″W / 67.13333°N 95.28333°W / 67.13333; -95.28333
Length 335 km (208 mi)

The Hayes River is a river in the Kitikmeot and Kivalliq Regions of Nunavut, Canada. It is in the Arctic Ocean drainage basin and is a tributary of the Back River.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake in Kivalliq Region, and reaches its mouth at the Back River in Kitikmeot Region, just south of that river's mouth at Cockburn Bay on Chantrey Inlet on the Arctic Ocean.

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