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Which river flows northwest across the Yukon border into Alaska?
the Yukon River
At 3,185 km (1,149 km of which lie in Canada), the Yukon River is the fifth-longest river in North America. Its headwaters are in the northwest corner of British Columbia, at the province’s border with the Yukon. It flows north and northwest across the Yukon into Alaska, then west to Norton Sound on the Bering Sea.
Where does the Liard River flow into?
Mackenzie River
Liard River/Mouths
Liard River, river in northwestern Canada. It rises in the Saint Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains, Yukon, and flows southeast into British Columbia, then northeast to join the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories, after a course of 693 miles (1,115 km).
What Sea is north of Yukon?
Beaufort Sea
The Beaufort Sea (/ˈboʊfərt/; French: Mer de Beaufort) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, and west of Canada’s Arctic islands.
What river flows through Alaska and Bering Strait?
Yukon River
The lower half of the river continues westwards through the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is 3,190 kilometres (1,980 mi) long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta….
| Yukon River | |
|---|---|
| State | Alaska |
| Province/Territory | British Columbia Yukon |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Llewellyn Glacier at Atlin Lake |
What river goes through Dawson City?
The Yukon River
The Yukon River near Dawson City. The Yukon River is one of the longest rivers in North America, with an estimated length of 1,980 miles.
What does the Yukon river flow into?
Bering Sea
Yukon River/Mouths
Is Liard a word?
noun, plural li·ards [lee-ahrz; French lee-ar].
Are there dams on the Yukon River?
In 1923, the White Pass and Yukon Route completed the Lewes Dam (a.k.a. the Yukon River or Marsh Lake Dam) on the Yukon River below Marsh Lake.
What is the origin of the Yukon River?
Atlin Lake
Yukon River/Sources
The generally accepted source of the Yukon River is the Llewellyn Glacier at the southern end of Atlin Lake in British Columbia. Others suggest that the source is Lake Lindeman at the northern end of the Chilkoot Trail.
Where is the Yukon River located in Canada?
At 3,185 km (1,149 km of which lie in Canada), the Yukon River is the fifth-longest river in North America. Its headwaters are in the northwest corner of British Columbia, at the province’s border with the Yukon.
Where does the Yukon River flow into the Bering Sea?
The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is 3,190 kilometres (1,980 mi) long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. The average flow is 6,430 m³/s (227,000 ft³/s). The total drainage area is 832,700 km² (321,500 mi²), of which 323,800 km² (126,300 mi²) is in Canada.
What’s the average flow of the Yukon River?
At Dawson the Yukon has an average flow of 74,000 cubic feet (2,095 cubic metres) per second, but there is a wide difference between the high-water flows of June and the low water beneath the ice in March.
What was the name of the upper course of the Yukon?
The Lewes River is the former name of the upper course of the Yukon, from Marsh Lake to the confluence of the Pelly River at Fort Selkirk . The following table lists the Indigenous names for the Yukon. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.