The Yukon River is a watercourse of northern North America. Over half of the river lies in Alaska, USA, with the other portion lying in and giving its name (meaning great river in Gwich'in) to Canada's Yukon Territory. The longest river in Alaska and the Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the Yukon Gold rush in 1898 to 1899.
The river passes through the communities of Whitehorse, Yukon and Dawson City in Yukon, and into Tanana, Ruby, Galena, Holy Cross, Russian Mission, and Ohogamut in Alaska.
The river flows into several refuges including:
- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
- Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
- Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
- Length: 3,185 km
- Empties into: Bering Sea
Tributaries:
- Beaver Creek
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- Tetlin River
- Big Salt River
- Hess Creek
- Fish Creek
- Coal Creek
- Tanana River
- NC Creek
- Tozitna River
- Bluebell Creek
- Bandanna Creek
- Lynx Creek
- Bering Creek
- Nowitna River
- Big Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Glacier Creek
- Melozitna River
- Whakatna Creek
- Black Sand Creek
- Melozitna Creek
- Ruby Slough
- Yuki River
- Yuki River
- Kala Creek
- Galena Creek
- Bishop Creek
- Koyokuk River
- Workyard Creek
- Gisasa River
- Houdaic River
- Huslia River
- Nulitna River
- Tom Cook Slough
- Billy Hawk Creek
- Cutoff Slouch
- Hogatza River
- Batza River
- Matthews Slough
- Little Indian River
- Indian River
- Pocahontas River
- Kanuti River
- Alatna River
- Siruk Creek
- Discovery Creek
- South Fork Koyokouk River
- Jane Creek
- John River
- Naruto River
- Innoko River
- Iditarod River
- Flat Creek
- First Chance Creek
- Yetna River
- Tolstoi Creek
- Coffee Creek
- Madison Creek
- Hurst Creek
- Taft Creek
- Finland Creek
- Scandinavian Creek
- Nixon Creek
- North Fork Innoko River
- Tango Creek
- West Fork Innoko River
- Colorado Creek
- Reindeer River
- Kako Creek
- Engineer Creek
