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Yukon River   /jˈukˌɑn rˈɪvər/   Listen
Yukon River

noun
1.
A North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea.  Synonym: Yukon.






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"Yukon River" Quotes from Famous Books



... made brief notes of their course throughout the remainder of their trip to the Yukon River, which are given here ...
— Young Alaskans in the Far North • Emerson Hough

... in the extreme west Klondike. I shall never forget the gold fever which seized adventurers in nearly all countries when it was known that the precious metal occurred in large quantities in the gravel and sand-beds on the banks of the Yukon River. I was one of them myself. Men rushed wildly off to get there in time and stake out small claims in the auriferous soil. What a wild life! How we suffered! We had to pay a shilling for a biscuit and a ...
— From Pole to Pole - A Book for Young People • Sven Anders Hedin

... reports from the Yukon River country, of the probable shortage of food for the large number of people who are wintering there without the means of leaving the country are confirmed in such measure as to justify bringing the matter to the attention of Congress. Access to that country in winter can be ...
— Messages and Papers of William McKinley V.2. • William McKinley

... the Kutcha Kutchin, Yukon River. 6 ll. folio. Procured from Mr. Hardesty, who had resided among these Indians ...
— Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) • James Constantine Pilling



Words linked to "Yukon River" :   USA, United States, America, US, U.S.A., United States of America, the States, U.S., river, Canada, Yukon



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