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WHAT DOES YUKON RIVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Yukon River

Yukon River

The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is 3,190 kilometres long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The average flow is 6,430 m³/s. The total drainage area is 832,700 km², of which 323,800 km² is in Canada. By comparison, the total area is more than 25% larger than Texas or Alberta. The longest river in Alaska and Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the 1896–1903 Klondike Gold Rush. A portion of the river in Yukon—"The Thirty Mile" section, from Lake Laberge to the Teslin River—is a national heritage river and a unit of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park. Paddle-wheel riverboats continued to ply the river until the 1950s, when the Klondike Highway was completed.

Definition of Yukon River in the English dictionary

The definition of Yukon River in the dictionary is a river in NW North America, rising in NW Canada on the border between the Yukon Territory and British Columbia: flows northwest into Alaska, US, and then southwest to the Bering Sea; navigable for about 2850 km to Whitehorse. Length: 3185 km.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YUKON RIVER

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Yukon
Yukon Gold
Yukon Territory
Yukoner
yuky
yulan
yule
yule log
Yuletide
yum
yum-yum
Yuman

WORDS THAT END LIKE YUKON RIVER

Back River
Canadian River
Crocodile River
Cross River
Darling River
deliver
Fly River
Great Slave River
Green River
Hudson River
Old Man River
Peace River
Pearl River
Red River
Richelieu River
Saint Croix River
Slave River
Snake River
Snowy River
Yarra River
Yellow River

Synonyms and antonyms of Yukon River in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Yukon River» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

育空河
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

río Yukón
570 millions of speakers

English

Yukon River
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

युकोन नदी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نهر يوكون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

реки Юкон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Rio Yukon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইউকন নদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fleuve Yukon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sungai Yukon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Yukon River
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユーコン川
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유콘 강
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kali Yukon
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sông Yukon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யுகோன் நதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युकोन नदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yukon Nehri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiume Yukon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rzeka Jukon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

річки Юкон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Râul Yukon
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ποταμού Γιούκον
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Yukon River
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Yukon River
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Yukon River
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YUKON RIVER»

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Yukon River: An Adventure to the Gold Fields of the Klondike
Describes a canoe trip down the river from Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon Territory, to Dawson, near the Arctic Circle, and looks at the gold rush of 1898.
Peter Lourie, 2000
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A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River
In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O’Neill set off from Dawson, Yukon Territory, onetime site of the Klondike gold rush, to trace the majestic Yukon River.
Dan O'Neill, 2008
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Villagers, Athabaskan Indian life along the Yukon River
Account of author's trip up the Tanana and Yukon rivers visiting Athabaskan Indian villages along the way.
Claire Fejes, 1981
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Yukon River Ghost: A Girl's Ghost Town Adventure
The kids use their sleuthing skills to solve the mystery at Canyon City. Set in 1902, after the Klondike gold rush has ended. Illustrated with photographs from the MacBride Museum collection.
Keith Halliday, 2008
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The Yukon River
Tim McNeese. Circle City,situated 170 miles downriver from Fortymile,came into being because of the gold rush. As other towns sprang up, the need for delivering supplies up the Yukon became a driving force for the North American Trading ...
Tim McNeese, 2004
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Yukon Channel Charts: Sternwheeler-Style Strip Maps of the ...
Covers the 400-mile journey from Whitehorse to Dawson City. The book is a handy 8.5 by 5.5 inch size with coil binding. Includes 42 photos and 9 short stories about the history of river traffic and about people now living along the river.
Bruce T. Batchelor, 1997
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Lifeline to the Yukon: a history of Yukon River navigation
Bibliography:p.146-7.
Barry C. Anderson, 1983
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The Yukon River a Family Adventure
Alea Oien. We motored out of there into the middle of the river. The sun was shining brightly. It was a glorious morning. We drifted in peace all day. There were a few places along the river that would swing us over too near a cliff or jumble of ...
Alea Oien
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Exploring the Big Salmon River: Quiet Lake to the Yukon River
This is the ultimate guide book for riverboat enthusiasts. Full of maps, camping tips, fishing hints and local history.
Gus Karpes, 1998
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Rivers of North America
the Yukon River, and was deemed a “success story” with respect to environmental impact analysis, measured effects, and remediation (Alexander and Van Cleve 1983, Maki 1992). Currently there is (controversial) interest in further oil ...
Arthur C. Benke, Colbert E. Cushing, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YUKON RIVER»

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Yukon River king salmon pour over the Canada border
FAIRBANKS - A surge of Yukon River king salmon crossed the Canada border this week, which fulfilled a treaty obligation to deliver Chinook to their Canadian ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
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As Yukon River king salmon cross into Canada, fall chums begin …
Yukon River chinook salmon have reached Canada, and Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists say they've now met nearly all escapement goals ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
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Yukon River king salmon run even weaker than expected
FAIRBANKS — State wildlife officials say the chinook salmon run on the Yukon River will be even weaker than expected. Most of the fish are upstream already in ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
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Spay and neuter clinics to travel the Yukon River
Veterinarians will be on the Yukon River next week to vaccinate, spay and neuter dogs. Angie Fitch is director for Alaska Native Rural Veterinary, one of the ... «Ktoo, Jun 15»
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Yukon River Quest
155 paddlers from all over the world will gather in Canada's north-western Yukon Territory to compete in a gruelling 715km river race from Whitehorse to ... «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jun 15»
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Chinook salmon run on Yukon River early, numbers low
Biologists are predicting another poor year for Chinook salmon on the Yukon River, but say this year's run will be earlier than usual — with the fish arriving as ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
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Vampire-Like Fish Appearing On Alaskans' Lawns. What Bizarre …
Arctic lamprey found in the Yukon River near Eagle, Alaska. ... “Gulls are picking them out of the Chena River with their bills and then dropping the squirming ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
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Yukon Quest's leaders head into jumbled Yukon River ice; Ulsom …
Update 10:15 a.m.: Front-runner Brent Sass arrived in Circle at 4:45 a.m. According to the Yukon Quest Facebook page, Brent said the jumble ice on the Yukon ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Feb 15»
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Climate Change, Weather Variability Challenge Yukon Quest …
For more than 30 years, the race course has followed an old Gold Rush era trail that took advantage of the frozen Yukon River. But recently, there have been ... «Alaska Public Radio Network, Feb 15»
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Yukon River king salmon returns see improvement
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Alaska fisheries managers said it appears they have achieved their goal of getting a sufficient number of Yukon River king salmon to ... «Washington Times, Jul 14»

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