Pelly River
Pelly River | ||
Pelly River catchment area |
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location | Yukon ( Canada ) | |
River system | Yukon River | |
Drain over | Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
Headwaters |
Mackenzie Mountains 62 ° 26 ′ 32 " N , 129 ° 11 ′ 34" W. |
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Source height | 1465 m | |
muzzle | in the Yukon River coordinates: 62 ° 46 ′ 37 " N , 137 ° 20 ′ 48" W 62 ° 46 ′ 37 " N , 137 ° 20 ′ 48" W.
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length | 608 km | |
Catchment area | 48,174 km² or 51,000 km² | |
Discharge at the gauge Pelly Crossing A Eo : 48,900 km² |
MQ 1952/2000 Mq 1952/2000 |
390 m³ / s 8 l / (s km²) |
Left tributaries | Mica Creek , Needlerock Creek | |
Right tributaries | Ross River , Orchay Creek, Blind Creek, Anvil Creek, Tay River , Earn River , Macmillan River | |
Communities | Faro , Pelly Crossing , Ross River | |
The Pelly River and the Pelly Mountain Range |
The Pelly River is a river in the Yukon Territory .
It is one of the most water-rich tributaries of the Yukon . The only settlements are Faro and Ross River on the upper reaches and then about 350 kilometers further downstream Pelly Crossing , where the Klondike Highway crosses the river. After merging with the Macmillan River , the Pelly River flows into the Yukon near the Fort Selkirk trading post . The catchment area of the Pelly River covers approximately 50,000 km². The mean discharge is over 400 m³ / s.
The Pelly River flows for 200 kilometers in a straight river valley that runs along the Tintina Trench . This is a trench system that is the northern continuation of the Northern Rocky Mountain Trench .
The name of the river goes back to John Henry Pelly , a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company . Robert Campbell, a company employee who first mapped the river, named it after Pelly in 1840. George Dawson confirmed the naming of the river. In 1846 Campbell established a trading post at the confluence of the Pelly in the Yukon. However, this trading post was unsuccessful and in 1849 it burned down.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Water Stewardship and Climate Change Impacts on the Yukon River (PDF, 1.8 MB) Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC). Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Pelly River at the Pelly Crossing gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Real-Time Hydrometric Data Graph for PELLY RIVER AT PELLY CROSSING (09BC001) [YT ] . Government of Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2017.