Kandik River
| Kandik River | ||
 Estuary of the Kandik River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1404409 | |
| location | Yukon (Canada), Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| Headwaters | Yukon Territory 65 ° 51 ′ 14 " N , 140 ° 48 ′ 33" W. |
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| muzzle |
Yukon River Coordinates: 65 ° 22 ′ 26 " N , 142 ° 30 ′ 40" W 65 ° 22 ′ 26 " N , 142 ° 30 ′ 40" W. |
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| Mouth height |
218 m
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| length | 132 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 2840 km² | |
| Discharge at the Nation A Eo gauge : 2807 km² |
MQ 1994/2000 Mq 1994/2000 |
20 m³ / s 7.1 l / (s km²) |
The Kandik River is a 132 km long right tributary of the Yukon River in eastern Alaska and the Canadian Yukon Territory .
It rises in the Canadian territory of the Yukon, after a few kilometers crosses the border with Alaska, flows southwest and flows into the Yukon River in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve .
The native name for the river was documented by Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka in 1885 . It is also known as Charley or Charlie Creek , named after a former settlement on the estuary.
Individual evidence
- ^ Kandik River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Kandik River at the Nation gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Kandik River at the Nation gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET