Kotaneelee River

Kotaneelee River
Country  Canada
Basin features
Main source La Biche Range
1,600 meters (5,200 ft)
60°49′15″N 124°31′57″W / 60.82087°N 124.53263°W / 60.82087; -124.53263 (Kotaneelee River origin)
River mouth Liard River
230 meters (750 ft)
60°10′50″N 123°42′02″W / 60.18062°N 123.70048°W / 60.18062; -123.70048 (Kotaneelee River mouth)Coordinates: 60°10′50″N 123°42′02″W / 60.18062°N 123.70048°W / 60.18062; -123.70048 (Kotaneelee River mouth)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Chinkeh Creek

The Kotaneelee River is a river in the Northwest territories of Canada. It is a tributary of the Liard River.

It gives the name to the Kotaneelee Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

Course

The Kotaneelee River originates in the Yukon Territory, just west of the Northern Territories border, on the eastern slopes of the La Biche Range, at an elevation of 1,600 meters (5,200 ft). It flows west into the Northern Territories, then south-east between the La Biche Range and the Northern Kotaneelee Range. It turns again eastwards and separates the Northern and Southern Kotaneelee Ranges. After receiving the waters of the Chinkeh Creek, it turns south and flows parallel and to the west of the Liard Range of the Franklin Mountains. It turns around Mount Pointed and heads east, passing north of Mount Martin and south of Fisherman Lake before it flows into the Liard River, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) upstream from Fort Liard, at an elevation of 230 meters (750 ft).

Tributaries

See also

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.