Bloody River is a river of the North American Arctic tundra in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada. It flows into the Dease Arm of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories at approximately 66°56′01″N 120°34′07″W / 66.93361°N 120.56861°W / 66.93361; -120.56861.[1]

Bloody River
Bloody River is located in Canada
Bloody River
Bloody River
Location in Canada
Location
CountryCanada
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Great Bear Lake

An outcrop of Saline River gypsum was noted near Bloody River, 67°57′N 119°31′W / 67.950°N 119.517°W / 67.950; -119.517 (NTS 86 M)* +27.2 15.[2] W. Kupsch "found tails of till-covered bedrock behind eroded rock bosses and referred to such compound landforms as crag-and-tail drumlins" west of Bloody River.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Bloody River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ Robert O. van Everdingen, H. Roy Krouse (1977). "Stratigraphic differentiation by sulfur isotopes between Upper Cambrian and Lower Devonian gypsum-bearing units, District of Mackenzie, N.W.T.". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 14 (12). NRC Research Press: 2790–2796. doi:10.1139/e77-245.
  3. ^ John Shaw, David R. Sharpe (1987). "Drumlin formation by subglacial meltwater erosion". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 24 (11). NRC Research Press: 2316–2322. doi:10.1139/e87-216.