Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major wattercoorse o northwastren North Americae. The soorce o the river is locatit in Breetish Columbie, Canadae, frae which it proceeds tae flowe throu the Canadian Yukon territory (itsel named efter the river). The lawer hauf o the river lies in the U.S. state o Alaska. The river is 3,190 kilometres (1,980 mi)[2][3] lang an empties intae the Bering Sea at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The average flowe is 6,430 m³/s (227,000 ft³/s).[1] The tot drainage aurie is 832,700 km² (321,500 mi²),[1] o which 323,800 km² (126,300 mi²) is in Canadae. Bi comparison, the tot aurie is mair nor 25% lairger nor Texas or Alberta.
| Yukon River | |
 A view o the Yukon River near Dawson City, Yukon
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| Kintras | Canadae, Unitit States |
|---|---|
| State | Alaska, Yukon, Breetish Columbie |
| Soorce | Llewellyn Glacier at Atlin Lake |
| - location | Atlin Destrict, Breetish Columbie, Canadae |
| - coordinates | 59°10′N 133°50′W / 59.167°N 133.833°W |
| Mooth | Bering Sea |
| - location | Kusilvak, Alaska, Unitit States |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 62°35′55″N 164°48′00″W / 62.59861°N 164.80000°WCoordinates: 62°35′55″N 164°48′00″W / 62.59861°N 164.80000°W |
| Lenth | 3,190 km (1,982 mi) |
| Basin | 854,700 km2 (330,002 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 6,430 m3/s (227,073 cu ft/s) |
| [1][2] | |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brabets, Timothy P; Wang, Bronwen; Meade, Robert H. (2000). "Environmental and Hydrologic Overview of the Yukon River Basin, Alaska and Canada" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Yukon River". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ↑ "Yukoninfo.com". Yukoninfo.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.