Yukon River

E32566

river waterway

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Yukon River canonical	44
Yukon River basin	13
Yukon River watershed	4
Yukon	3
Yukon River headwaters	2
Upper Yukon River	1
Yukon River (lower course)	1
Yukon River (regionally)	1
Yukon River and Klondike River	1
Yukon River at Koyukuk, Alaska	1
Yukon River basin in Alaska	1
Yukon River drainage basin	1
Yukon River near Dawson City	1
Yukon River system	1
Yukon river network	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ waterway ⓘ
associatedEvent	Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898) ⓘ surface form: Klondike Gold Rush
basinArea	over 328,000 square miles ⓘ over 850,000 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
borderFunction	forms part of the border between Yukon and Alaska in some stretches ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central to subsistence lifestyles of many Indigenous communities ⓘ
dischargeLocation	Bering Sea ⓘ
drainageTo	Pacific Ocean via Bering Sea ⓘ
ecoregion	boreal forest ⓘ subarctic ⓘ
flowsThrough	Alaska ⓘ Yukon Territory ⓘ
freezeThawPattern	breakup usually occurs in late spring ⓘ typically freezes in winter ⓘ
hasTributary	Koyukuk River ⓘ Pelly River ⓘ Porcupine River ⓘ Stewart River ⓘ Tanana River ⓘ White River ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important for Indigenous cultures of the region ⓘ key route during the Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ transportation route in northwestern North America ⓘ
indigenousPeoplesAssociated	Gwich’in ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan peoples Gwich’in ⓘ Yupik ⓘ
length	approximately 1,979 miles ⓘ approximately 3,185 kilometers ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Dawson City ⓘ Fairbanks ⓘ Whitehorse ⓘ
majorSettlementOnRiver	Fort Yukon ⓘ Galena ⓘ Nome region via coastal access ⓘ
mouth	Bering Sea ⓘ
mouthLocation	Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ
nameEtymology	derived from a Gwich’in word often interpreted as "great river" ⓘ
navigability	navigable for large portions of its length in summer ⓘ
source	Llewellyn Glacier region ⓘ
sourceCountry	Canada ⓘ
sourceRegion	North Coast of British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Northern British Columbia
supportsSpecies	Pacific salmon ⓘ chinook salmon ⓘ chum salmon ⓘ coho salmon ⓘ

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koyukuk River → partOf → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River watershed

Pacific Ocean drainage basin → contains → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River basin

Pacific Ocean drainage basin → hasMajorRiver → Yukon River ⓘ

Cordilleran Ice Sheet → influencedHydrology → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River headwaters

Koyukon language → region → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River basin

White Mountains (Alaska) → near → Yukon River ⓘ

Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve → protects → Yukon River ⓘ

Stewart River → tributaryOf → Yukon River ⓘ

Stewart River → mouthLocatedIn → Yukon River ⓘ

Porcupine River region → partOf → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River basin

Hän Hwëch'in people → notableRiver → Yukon River ⓘ

Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River near Dawson City

Dawson language → associatedWithRiver → Yukon River ⓘ

Hän language → spokenAlong → Yukon River ⓘ

Eagle, Alaska → locatedOnRiver → Yukon River ⓘ

Eagle, Alaska → region → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Yukon River

Saint Elias Mountains → drainage → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River basin

Koyukon Athabaskan → region → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River basin in Alaska

Pilot Station, Alaska → locatedOn → Yukon River ⓘ

Pilot Station, Alaska → majorRiver → Yukon River ⓘ

White River → partOf → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon River system

White River → tributaryOf → Yukon River ⓘ

White River → mouthLocation → Yukon River ⓘ

White River → mouthRegion → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon

White River → dischargesInto → Yukon River ⓘ

White River → isPartOf → Yukon River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon river network