Sixtymile River
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| Water code | US : 1409662 | |
| location | Alaska (USA), Yukon (Canada) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| source | 90 km west of Dawson , Alaska 63 ° 47 ′ 55 " N , 141 ° 10 ′ 43" W |
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| Source height | approx. 1200 m | |
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Yukon coordinates: 63 ° 33 ′ 52 " N , 139 ° 45 ′ 47" W 63 ° 33 ′ 52 " N , 139 ° 45 ′ 47" W. |
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| Mouth height | 342 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 858 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 5.2 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 165 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 3700 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near the mouth A Eo : 3060 km² Location: 45 km above the mouth |
MQ 1996/2000 Mq 1996/2000 |
13.5 m³ / s 4.4 l / (s km²) |
The Sixtymile River ( English for "sixty mile river") is a left tributary of the Yukon River in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon Territory .
The river arises in Alaska, 10 km west of the state border with Canada and 90 km west of Dawson . The Sixtymile River initially flows northeast and crosses the border. Later it turns south and shortly before its confluence with the Yukon to the east. The estuary is 40 miles upstream from Dawson.
The catchment area covers about 3700 km². At the gauge 45 km above the mouth, the mean discharge is 13.5 m³ / s. The months with the highest discharge are May and June.
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.
- ↑ a b Sixtymile River at the gauge near the mouth - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ^ Real-Time Hydrometric Data Graph for Sixty Mile River Near The Mouth (09EB004) [YT ] . Government of Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2017.