Yukon River
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The Yukon River is a major waterway in northwestern North America that flows through Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea, historically significant for transportation, Indigenous cultures, and the Klondike Gold Rush.
Aliases (4)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
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waterway → |
| associatedEvent |
Klondike Gold Rush
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| basinArea |
over 328,000 square miles
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over 850,000 square kilometers → |
| basinCountry |
Canada
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United States of America → |
| borderFunction |
forms part of the border between Yukon and Alaska in some stretches
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| continent |
North America
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| country |
Canada
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United States of America → |
| culturalSignificance |
central to subsistence lifestyles of many Indigenous communities
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| dischargeLocation |
Bering Sea
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| drainageTo |
Pacific Ocean via Bering Sea
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| ecoregion |
boreal forest
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subarctic → |
| flowsThrough |
Alaska
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Yukon Territory → |
| freezeThawPattern |
breakup usually occurs in late spring
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typically freezes in winter → |
| hasTributary |
Koyukuk River
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Pelly River → Porcupine River → Stewart River → Tanana River → White River → |
| historicalSignificance |
important for Indigenous cultures of the region
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key route during the Klondike Gold Rush → transportation route in northwestern North America → |
| indigenousPeoplesAssociated |
Athabaskan peoples
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Gwich’in → Yupik → |
| length |
approximately 1,979 miles
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approximately 3,185 kilometers → |
| majorCityOnRiver |
Dawson City
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Fairbanks → Whitehorse → |
| majorSettlementOnRiver |
Fort Yukon
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Galena → Nome region via coastal access → |
| mouth |
Bering Sea
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| mouthLocation |
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
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| nameEtymology |
derived from a Gwich’in word often interpreted as "great river"
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| navigability |
navigable for large portions of its length in summer
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| source |
Llewellyn Glacier region
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| sourceCountry |
Canada
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| sourceRegion |
Northern British Columbia
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| supportsSpecies |
Pacific salmon
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chinook salmon → chum salmon → coho salmon → |
Referenced by (18)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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District of Alaska
("Yukon River (lower course)")
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Yukon → Yukon Territory → |
contains |
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Alaska
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Americas → North America → |
hasMajorRiver |
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Norton Sound
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Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta → |
drainedBy |
|
Hän
("Yukon River basin")
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Tlingit ("Yukon") → |
region |
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Southeastern Alaska
("Yukon")
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borderedBy |
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Brooks Range
("Yukon River watershed")
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drainageDivide |
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Alaska Range
("Yukon River basin")
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drainageTo |
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Arctic drainage basin
("Yukon River basin")
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hasPart |
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Interior Alaska
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hasRiver |
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Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
("Yukon River watershed")
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hasTraditionalTerritory |
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Yukon
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namedAfter |
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Koyukon
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spokenAlong |