Frances River (Liard River)

Frances River
Beginning of melting ice on the Frances River, Yukon (1896)
Data
location	Yukon Territory ( Canada )
River system	Mackenzie River
Drain over	Liard River  → Mackenzie River  → Arctic Ocean
origin	Frances Lake 61 ° 13 ′ 29 ″  N , 129 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  W.
Source height	approx.  740  m
muzzle	in the Liard River , 25 km northwest of Watson Lake Coordinates: 60 ° 16 ′ 2 "  N , 129 ° 10 ′ 56"  W 60 ° 16 ′ 2 "  N , 129 ° 10 ′ 56"  W
length	approx. 140 km
Discharge at gauge near Watson Lake A Eo : 12,800 km²	MQ 1963/2000 Mq 1963/2000	157 m³ / s 12.3 l / (s km²)
Communities	Tuchitua

The Frances River is a left tributary of the Liard River in the southern Yukon Territory of Canada .

The Frances River forms the drain of Frances Lake . It flows south. He passes the place Tuchitua , where the Nahanni Range Road branches off from the Yukon Highway 4 ( Robert Campbell Highway ). The Yukon Highway 4 runs parallel to the river for a while before it crosses the river about 25 km from the mouth and continues to Watson Lake . The Frances River flows into the Liard River 25 km northwest of Watson Lake. The river valley of the Frances River separates the Selwyn Mountains to the east from the Pelly Mountains to the west .

The Frances River has a length of about 140 km. At the level at the highway bridge, the mean discharge is 157 m³ / s. At this point the catchment area covers an area of ​​12,800 km².

The Frances River is a whitewater canoe that can be explored on a one-week tour. The rapids are mainly of difficulty I. There are, however, some of the difficulty class III.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Frances River at the gauge near Watson Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET