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Great Bear Lake
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Find on the world mapPhoto: Журнал «Живописное обозрѣнiе странъ свѣта» (1872—1900,1902—1905) / Живописное об / Wikimedia Commons (resized) Image licencePublic domainPhotograph by Журнал «Живописное обозрѣнiе странъ свѣта» (1872—1900,1902—1905) / Живописное об / Wikimedia Commons (resized). Display crop may differ from the original.
AT A GLANCE
Great Bear Lake in facts
- Area31,153 km²
- Deepest point446 mbelow the surface
- Length400 km
- Surface elevation155 mabove sea level
All geographic & statistical details (10)
- Volume
- 2,236 km³
- Bathymetric depth profile
- Country
- Canada
- Water type
- Lake
- Width
- 200.0 km
- Part of
- Tsá Tué Biosphere Reserve
- Outflow
- Great Bear River
- Inflows
- Camsell River, Haldane River, Johnny Hoe River, Bloody River, Greenhorn River
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Tilchuse River, Whitefish River, Sloan River - Location
- 65.9°N, 120.8°W
- Names in other languages
- 大熊湖, Большое Медвежье озеро, بحيرة الدب العظيم, Großer Bärensee, Gran Lago del Oso
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دریاچه گریت بر, ग्रेट बियर झील, Danau Beruang Besar, Grande Lago degli Orsi, グレートベア湖, ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಬೇರ್ ಸರೋವರ, 그레이트베어호, ഗ്രേറ്റ്ബെയർ തടാകം, Groot Berenmeer, ਗ੍ਰੇਟ ਬੀਅਰ ਝੀਲ, Wielkie Jezioro Niedźwiedzie, Grande Lago do Urso, கரடிப் பேரேரி, ทะเลสาบเกรตแบร์, Büyük Ayı Gölü, Велике Ведмеже озеро, Hồ Gấu lớn, Grand Lac de l'Ours
Facts: Wikidata Q5525, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Basin, shores, neighbouring waters and location are worked out by The Landlore from Natural Earth map shapes.
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The map uses Natural Earth’s fixed, generalized lakes-and-reservoirs snapshot. Water extent can change; this outline is not a live shoreline. Source categories may include lake bays and reservoirs.
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Source: Natural Earth marine areas · Public domain · release v5.1.2, retrieved 29 October 2026. Marine areas are generalized cartographic labels, not maritime jurisdiction or EEZ boundaries. Inland waters use the separate Natural Earth lakes layer (public domain, fixed snapshot); water extents may have changed. Names and source categories can include inland waters; alternative names are shown where supplied.
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