Yukon River

The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. Over half of the river lies in Alaska, USA, with the other portion lying in and giving its name to Canada's Yukon Territory. The river is 3,185 kilometres long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon Delta. Total drainage area is 840,000 square kilometres (327,600 square miles). Of that, 323,800 square kilometers (126,300 square miles) is in Canada. As a comparison, the total area is more than 25% larger than Texas or Alberta.

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North America - Alaska - USA - Canada - Yukon - Kilometres - Bering Sea - Yukon Delta - Square kilometres - Square miles

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The longest river in Alaska and the Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 to 1899. Paddle-wheel riverboats continued to ply the river until the 1950s, when the Klondike Highway was completed.

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Alaska - Yukon - Klondike Gold Rush - 1898 - 1899 - Riverboats - Klondike Highway

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Yukon means great river in Gwich'in. The river was called Kwiguk, or large stream in Yupik.

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Gwich'in - Yupik

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