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Hayes River
Country Canada
Territory Nunavut
Regions
  • Kitikmeot
  • Kivalliq
Physical characteristics
Main source Unnamed lake
Kivalliq Region
496 m (1,627 ft)
66°28′37″N 90°46′08″W / 66.47694°N 90.76889°W / 66.47694; -90.76889
River mouth Back River (Nunavut)
Kitikmeot Region
0 m (0 ft)
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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