Hydrology of a drainage basin in the Canadian High Arctic
Arctique ; Bassin-versant ; Bilan hydrologique ; Canada ; Cornwallis Island ; Ecoulement ; Fonte des neiges ; Géographie des régions polaires ; High Arctic ; Hydrologie ; Mc Master basin ; Neige ; Nivologie ; Permafrost ; Zone froide
Hydrologic research in the permafrost region has focused mainly upon individual processes. This study integrates the various processes acting on a High Arctic drainage basin, emphasizing the roles played by the energy balance, the uneven snow cover
of total precipitation leaves the basin as runoff.
tephra has been recognized in the Koyukuk Basin and Fairbanks region of Alaska, and in the Old Crow Lowlands of the northern Yukon Territory, some 600 km to the east-northeast. The source vent is unknown, but these occurrences, considered in relation