Kluane River

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Kluane River
Data
location Yukon ( Canada )
River system Yukon River
Drain over Donjek River  → White River  → Yukon River  → Bering Sea
origin Kluane Lake
61 ° 25 '23 "  N , 139 ° 2' 51"  W.
Source height 781  m
muzzle Donjek River Coordinates: 61 ° 52 ′ 39 "  N , 139 ° 43 ′ 16"  W 61 ° 52 ′ 39 "  N , 139 ° 43 ′ 16"  W

length 85 km
Outflow at the gauge at the outlet from Kluane Lake
A Eo : 4950 km²
MQ 1952/1995
Mq 1952/1995
75 m³ / s
15.2 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Duke River

The Kluane River is a right tributary of the Donjek River in Canada's Yukon Territory .

The Kluane River forms the drain of Kluane Lake . It flows in a north-northwest direction over a distance of 85 km before it flows into the Donjek River on the right . The Alaska Highway follows the course of the Kluane River for a while before turning west. The Kluane River has an average discharge of 75 m³ / s at the discharge from Kluane Lake .

The river is the destination of whitewater canoe trips that run from Kluane Lake downstream to the Yukon River.

Individual evidence

  1. Kluane River at the gauge at the outlet from Kluane Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET