Kandik River

Kandik River
Countries Canada, United States
Territories/states Yukon, Alaska
Source Yukon
 - elevation 3,767 ft (1,148 m) [1]
 - coordinates 65°48′00″N 140°20′00″W / 65.80000°N 140.33333°W / 65.80000; -140.33333 [2]
Mouth Yukon River [2]
 - location 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the mouth of the Charley River, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska
 - elevation 715 ft (218 m) [2]
 - coordinates 65°22′26″N 142°30′40″W / 65.37389°N 142.51111°W / 65.37389; -142.51111Coordinates: 65°22′26″N 142°30′40″W / 65.37389°N 142.51111°W / 65.37389; -142.51111 [2]
Length 82 mi (132 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Kandik River in Alaska

The Kandik River is an 82-mile (132 km) tributary of the Yukon River in Canada and the United States.[3] Beginning in the Canadian territory of Yukon, it flows generally southwest into the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] Continuing southwest, it enters the larger river slightly upstream of the mouth of the Charley River in Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kandik River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 493. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 128&ndash, 29. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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