The Mackenzie river delta
The Mackenzie River Delta is around 210 kilometers in length and 62 kilo meters in width. The area is 13,500 kilometer, and is Canada’s largest Delta. It is the twelfth largest in the world. It continually changes shape within the Richardson mountains to the west, and Caribou to the east. The Delta was formed by slow moving deposition from the Mackenzie. The Mackenzie Delta consists of three main channels leading to the Beaufort sea. Interspersed with islands, tidal flas, ponds and around 25,000 small lakes.
The Mackenzie is a big transportation route through the vast wilderness in northern Canada. It helps for transportation of goods. It is also used for Hydro electricity it generates around 3,400 mega Watts of energy. The Mackenzie can over flow and hurt the towns behind it so they are proposing they build a dam. Another reason that they are going to build a dam is to reduce the seatmate that could close the Mackenzie.