Tagish Lake

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Tagish Lake
Lago Tagish, Yukón, Canadá, 2017-08-26, DD 88.jpg
Tagish Lake
Geographical location British Columbia , Yukon ( Canada )
Tributaries Atlin River (from Atlin Lake ), Natasaheeni River (from Bennett Lake ), Wann River, Swanson River, Fantail River, Tutshi River
Drain Tagish River
Location close to the shore Carcross , Tagish
Data
Coordinates 59 ° 43 ′  N , 134 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 59 ° 43 ′  N , 134 ° 14 ′  W
Tagish Lake (Yukon)
Tagish Lake
Altitude above sea level 655  m
surface 352 km²
length 100 km
width 2 km
volume 29 km³dep1
scope 479 km
Maximum depth 300 m
Middle deep 81 m
Catchment area 16,014 km²
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The Tagish Lake is a lake in the Province of British Columbia and in the territory of Yukon in Canada .

Tagish means something like " fish trap " in the old Tagish dialect of Gwich'in , an Athabaskan language.

It stretches across the border between Yukon and British Columbia. The lake is over 100 kilometers long, around two kilometers wide and has several side arms. In one of these tributaries, the Graham Inlet , the Atlin River flows into the lake. The Natasaheeni River drains Bennett Lake and flows into the Windy Arm . Tutshi Lake to the west is drained via the Tutshi River to Taku Arm , which forms the main part of Tagish Lake. At the northern end of Tagish Lake south of Tagish , the Tagish River leaves the lake and drains to nearby Marsh Lake .

On January 18, 2000 , a meteorite struck the Taku arm , see Tagish Lake (meteorite) .

Web links

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Individual evidence

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