Stikine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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That increase coincides with the arrival of sandpipers, and it provides them with appropriate fuel for the 1,000-kilometer hop to their next stopover at the Stikine River in Alaska.
From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2020
“The huge runs up the Stikine, Taku and Yukon rivers are gone. People say: ‘Oh, they’ll come back.’
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018
Southeast Alaskans understand that the Unuk, Chickamin, Stikine, Taku and other rivers have great significance to many facets of life in this region.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2017
For the year shown, the minimum discharge on the Stikine River was 56 m3/s in March, and the maximum was 37 times higher, 2,470 m3/s, in May.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
It had been many years since anyone had visited this part of the Stikine Ice Cap, and many more would likely pass before anyone would again.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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