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The Yukon River is a watercourse of northern North
America. Over half of the river lies in Alaska, USA, with the other portion lying in and giving its name (meaning great river in Gwich'in) to Canada's Yukon Territory. The longest river in Alaska and the Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation
during the Yukon Gold rush in 1898 to
1899.
The river passes through the communities of Whitehorse,
Yukon and Dawson in Yukon,
and into Circle, Fort Yukon, Stevens Village,
Alaska, Tanana, Ruby, Galena, Naruto, Grayling, Holy Cross, Russian
Mission, and Ohogamut in Alaska.
The river flows into several parklands and refuges including:
- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
- Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
- Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
The river ends in the Yukon
Delta
Tributaries:
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- Beaver Creek
- Tetlin River
- Porcupine River
- Black River
- Mountain
Creek
- Bear Creek
- Wood River
- Chandalar Creek
- Sheenjek River
- Eskimo Creek
- Sheenjek
River East Fork
- Chandalar River
- East
Fork Chandalar River
- West
Fork Chandalar River
- Marten Creek
- Christian River
- Big Salt River
- Hess Creek
- Fish Creek
- Coal
Creek
- Texas
Creek
- Tanana River
- NC Creek
- Tozitna River
- Bluebell Creek
- Bandanna Creek
- Lynx
Creek
- Bering Creek
- Nowitna River
- Big Creek
- Beaver
Creek
- Glacier
Creek
- Melozitna River
- Whakatna Creek
- Black Sand Creek
- Melozitna Creek
- Ruby Slough
- Yuki River
- Yuki River
- Kala Creek
- Galena Creek
- Bishop
Creek
- Koyokuk River
- Workyard Creek
- Gisasa River
- Houdaic River
- Huslia River
- Nulitna River
- Tom Cook Slough
- Billy Hawk Creek
- Cutoff Slouch
- Hogatza River
- Batza River
- Matthews Slough
- Little Indian
River
- Indian
River
- Pocahontas River
- Kanuti River
- Alatna River
- Siruk Creek
- Discovery Creek
- South
Fork Koyokouk River
- Jane
Creek
- John
River
- Naruto River
- Innoko River
- Iditarod River
- Flat
Creek
- First Chance
Creek
- Yetna River
- Tolstoi Creek
- Coffee
Creek
- Madison
Creek
- Hurst
Creek
- Taft
Creek
- Finland Creek
- Scandinavian
Creek
- Nixon
Creek
- North Fork
Innoko River
- Tango
Creek
- West Fork
Innoko River
- Colorado Creek
- Reindeer
River
- Kako Creek
- Engineer Creek
See also
- List of Alaska rivers
- List of Yukon rivers
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