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{{short description|River in the Northwest Territories, Canada}}
{{about|a river in Canada|a river of the same name in Queensland|Kendall River (Queensland)|}}
[[File:Great Bear Lake (de).png|thumb|The Kendall River can be seen in the upper right corner of this map of the Great Bear Lake]]
'''Kendall River''' is a small river and tributary to the [[Coppermine River]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Northwest Territories]] that connects the [[Dismal Lakes]] to the Coppermine River. [[John Rae (explorer)|John Rae]] had a base camp here in 1851.

Based on data collected at a gauging station that operated between 1969 and 1990, the river has a drainage area is {{convert|2790|km2|0}}, a mean annual flow of {{convert|15.0|m3/s|0}}, an average peak flow of {{convert|189|m3/s|0}} and an average low flow of zero, when the river freezes, usually between mid November and late May.  Summer flows from the Kendall represent approximately 6% of the flow of the Coppermine River.

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of the Northwest Territories]]

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926000809/http://nwt-tno.inac-ainc.gc.ca/pdf/wr/cop03_e.pdf Coppermine River: Overview of the Hydrology and Water Quality], Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

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[[Category:Rivers of the Northwest Territories]]


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