Kitwanga_River

Kitwanga River

Kitwanga River

River in British Columbia, Canada

The Kitwanga River is a tributary of the Skeena River near Hazelton in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, joining that stream at the community of Kitwanga (Gitwangak), which means "people of the place of rabbits".

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The river is approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) long,[4] beginning in the mountains to the northwest and curving around via and including 7-kilometre (4 mi) long Kitwancool Lake before heading south for 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the confluence with the Skeena. Just north of Kitwancool Lake is a level pass with the upper basin of the Cranberry River, a tributary of the Nass. The Kispiox Range lies west of the valley of the Kitwanga and Cranberry rivers.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Derived using BCGNIS, topographic maps and TopoQuest.
  2. [2]
    Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
  3. [3]
    "Kitwanga River". BC Geographical Names.
  4. [4]
    Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and TopoQuest.
  5. [5]
    "Canadian 1:50K topographic maps" (map). TopoQuest.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.


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