Hudson Bay

Also known as Hudson's Bay, HB, Hudsons Bay

large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada that drains much of north-central North America

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Hudson Bay is a large saltwater body located in northeastern Canada that collects water draining from much of north-central North America. It serves as an important geographic feature connecting the Canadian interior to the Arctic Ocean and plays a significant role in the region's climate and ecosystems.

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Area: 1243000
Image: Hudson Bay 2008-07-21 by Aqua.jpg
Width: 1050

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Commons category: Hudson Bay
watershed area: 3861400
vertical depth: 257
native label: Wînipâkw
P12749: Innocent IV

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Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km (470,000 sq mi). It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast of Nunavut, but politically entirely part of Nunavut. It is an inland marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. The Hudson Strait provides a connection to the Labrador Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the northeast, while the Foxe Channel connects Hudson Bay with the Arctic Ocean in the north. The Hudson Bay drainage basin drains a very large area, about 3,861,400 km (1,490,900 sq mi), that includes parts of southeastern Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, all of Manitoba, and parts of the U.S. states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.

Hudson Bay's southern arm is called James Bay.