Drainage basin
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A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is sepa
Endorheic basin in Central Asia
Hudson Bay
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Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km2. It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manito
Hudson Bay, Canada
A European ship coming into contact with Inuit in the ice of Hudson Bay (1697)
Polar bear walks on newly formed ice in early November at Hudson Bay.
In late spring (May), large chunks of ice float near the eastern shore of the bay, while the centre of the bay remains frozen to the west. Between 1971 and 2007, the length of the ice-free season increased by about seven days in the southwestern part of the Hudson Bay, historically the last area to thaw.