Kaskawulsh River

Kaskawulsh River
View from the slope of Vulcan Mountain to the Kaskawulsh River (June 1992)
Data
River system	Alsek River
Drain over	Alsek River  → Pacific Ocean
origin	Kaskawulsh Glacier 60 ° 49 ′ 7 ″  N , 138 ° 31 ′ 43 ″  W
Source height	approx.  1000  m
Union	with the Dezadeash River to the Alsek River Coordinates: 60 ° 38 ′ 55 ″  N , 137 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  W 60 ° 38 ′ 55 ″  N , 137 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  W
Mouth height	545  m
Height difference	approx. 455 m
Bottom slope	approx. 9.1 ‰
length	approx. 50 km
Left tributaries	Jarvis River
Right tributaries	Disappointment River , Dusty River

The Kaskawulsh River is the right headwaters of the Alsek River in Canada's Yukon Territory .

The Kaskawulsh River is a 50 km long glacial river that is fed by the Kaskawulsh Glacier at an altitude of about 1000  m and flows off to the east. Since May 2016, the glacier runoff, lying on a watershed, was no longer divided between the Kaskawulsh and the Slims River , but concentrated on the Kaskawulsh. It takes on the tributaries Disappointment River , Jarvis River and Dusty River on its way east-southeast . It meets about 20 km southwest of Haines Junction at 545  m altitude on the Dezadeash River , with which it forms the Alsek River .

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