River
Klondike River
168 km from source to mouth · Canada.
CanadaFlows into Yukon River
In numbers
Length
168km
Average flow
62m³/s
Basin
8,000km²
Drop
576m
from 877 m to 301 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
168 km of river and 2 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 877 m
- 167 kmDawson City1,577 people
- 167 kmBonanza Creektributary
- 168 kmYukon Riverat 301 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
Watercourse in Yukon, Canada
At the mouth it carries 62 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 41 seconds. It drops from 877 m to 301 m, 3.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 8,000 km², about the size of PR. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from May to July; lowest: from January to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Dawson CityLargest city on its banks · 1,577 people
- Dawson City Airport (YDA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 15 km from the cityCar hire in WhitehorseDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water2 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- JulyThe best months to visit
Klondike River, month by month
Highest water: from May to July
Lowest water: from January to April. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from October to April. Melting snow makes up much of its water. Best months to visit: July.
From about 2.4 m³/s in the lowest month to 270 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Klondike River: the basin in numbers
7,874 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 751people live in the basin
- 1,015maverage altitude of the basin
- 337mmof rain a year (basin average)
- -6.5°Caverage air temperature
- 5%protected areas
- 74%permafrost
What covers the basin
- 29% Forest
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Klondike River: what you find on the way
- 2Ferry piers
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.7 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Klondike River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Yukon RiverCanada3,190 km6,400 m³/sTributaries (1)
Also: Bonanza Creek
United StatesWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q286340) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
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