Liard River

left tributary of the Mackenzie River in Canada

Key facts

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
Territories: Yukon Northwest Territories
Source: Mount Lewis
Location: Pelly Mountains , Yukon
Coordinates: 61°14′12″N 131°37′39″W / 61.23667°N 131.62750°W / 61.23667; -131.62750
Elevation: 1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Mouth: Mackenzie River
Length: 1,115 km (693 mi)
Basin size: 277,100 km (107,000 sq mi)
Average: 2,434 m /s (86,000 cu ft/s)
Minimum: 300 m /s (11,000 cu ft/s)
Maximum: 11,000 m /s (390,000 cu ft/s)
Left: Frances River (Yukon) , Hyland River , Coal River (Canada) , Smith River (British Columbia) , Graying River , Scatter River , Beaver River (Laird River) , South Nahanni River
Right: Meister River , Rancheria River (Yukon) , Dease River , Kechika River , Rabbit River , Vents River , Trout River (British Columbia) , Toad River , Fort Nelson River

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Wikidata facts

Image: Liard River.jpg
Length: 1115

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Commons category: Liard River
watershed area: 276000
discharge: 2434

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The Liard River of the North American boreal forest flows through Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Rising in the Saint Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains in southeastern Yukon, it flows 1,115 km (693 mi) southeast through British Columbia, marking the northern end of the Rocky Mountains and then curving northeast back into Yukon and Northwest Territories, draining into the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. The river drains approximately 277,100 km (107,000 sq mi) of boreal forest and muskeg.

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