Yukon River

British  

noun

1. a river in NW North America, rising in NW Canada on the border between the Yukon Territory and British Columbia: flows northwest into Alaska, US, and then southwest to the Bering Sea; navigable for about 2850 km (1775 miles) to Whitehorse. Length: 3185 km (1979 miles)

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Example Sentences

On a beautiful fall day, relatives launched four boats on the Yukon River to take her to her birthplace in the village of Rampart.

From Seattle Times

The route takes mushers over two mountain ranges, along the frozen Yukon River and the Bering Sea ice before ending in the Gold Rush town of Nome.

From Seattle Times

The 38 mushers will trace a course across two mountain ranges, the frozen Yukon River and along the ice-covered Bering Sea.

From Seattle Times

That reasoning, though, has broken down on the Yukon River, where an ecological disaster is still unfolding.

From Seattle Times

The Yukon, which takes place in July, will see him kayak down the Yukon River from Whitehorse in Canada through the Arctic Circle to Dalton Highway Bridge in Alaska in the US.

From BBC