Hudson Bay drainage basin

Hudson Bay drainage basin
The Hudson Bay drainage connects primarily to the Labrador Sea just south of Davis Strait, as depicted on most atlases such as those of the National Geographic Society, just north of the 60th parallel north and northeast of the Labrador Peninsula
Area	3,861,400 km2 (1,490,900 sq mi)
Geology
Type	Drainage basin
Geography
Location	North America
Country	Canada United States
Coordinates	60°N 86°W / 60°N 86°W / 60; -86

The Hudson Bay drainage basin is the drainage basin in northern North America where surface water empties into the Hudson Bay^[1] and adjoining waters. Spanning an area of about 3,861,400 square kilometres (1,490,900 sq mi) and with a mean discharge of about 30,900 m³/s (1,090,000 cu ft/s),^[2] the basin is almost entirely within Canada. It encompasses parts of the Canadian Prairies, Central Canada, and Northern Canada. A small area of the basin is in the northern part of the Midwestern United States.

The Hudson Bay drainage basin coincides almost completely with the former territory of Rupert's Land, claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 17th century. It was an ideal area for the early North American fur trade.^[3]