Spatsizi River | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Gunanoot |
• location | Near Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park |
• elevation | 1,900 m (6,200 ft) |
Mouth | Stikine River |
• location | Hyland Post |
• coordinates | 57°42′27″N 128°06′11″W / 57.70750°N 128.10306°W [1] |
Length | 132 km (82 mi) [2] |
Basin size | 3,516 km2 (1,358 sq mi) [3] |
Discharge | |
• average | 60.8 m3/s (2,150 cu ft/s) [3] |
The Spatsizi River is a tributary of the Stikine River, rising near Mount Gunanoot in the southeastern Spatsizi Plateau, British Columbia.
"Spatsizi" is a phrase from the Sekani language meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the region of rolling in the red dust of a particular mountain, making their coat-hair red.
The Spatsizi River emerges near the foot of Mount Gunanoot in the Skeena Mountains of north-central British Columbia. It then flows downslope and enters Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park from the south. The river continues north, leaving the park to enter a broad valley in the heart of the Spatsizi Plateau. The flat-bottomed topography of the valley allows the river to meander considerably along much of its northwestward flow until it reaches the Stikine River in Stikine River Provincial Park. [4]
Spatsizi River | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Gunanoot |
• location | Near Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park |
• elevation | 1,900 m (6,200 ft) |
Mouth | Stikine River |
• location | Hyland Post |
• coordinates | 57°42′27″N 128°06′11″W / 57.70750°N 128.10306°W [1] |
Length | 132 km (82 mi) [2] |
Basin size | 3,516 km2 (1,358 sq mi) [3] |
Discharge | |
• average | 60.8 m3/s (2,150 cu ft/s) [3] |
The Spatsizi River is a tributary of the Stikine River, rising near Mount Gunanoot in the southeastern Spatsizi Plateau, British Columbia.
"Spatsizi" is a phrase from the Sekani language meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the region of rolling in the red dust of a particular mountain, making their coat-hair red.
The Spatsizi River emerges near the foot of Mount Gunanoot in the Skeena Mountains of north-central British Columbia. It then flows downslope and enters Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park from the south. The river continues north, leaving the park to enter a broad valley in the heart of the Spatsizi Plateau. The flat-bottomed topography of the valley allows the river to meander considerably along much of its northwestward flow until it reaches the Stikine River in Stikine River Provincial Park. [4]