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. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 128–29. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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