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Koshin River
The Koshin River is a tributary of the Nahlin River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally north about Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, anTopoQuest/ref> to join the Nahlin River, which forms the Inklin River, one of the main tributaries of the Taku River. The Koshin River flows through the Nahlin Plateau. It joins the Nahlin River at the boundary between the Nahlin and Kawdy Plateaus. Both plateaus are part of the larger Stikine Plateau region. The Koshin River's watershed covers , and its mean annual discharge is . The mouth of the Koshin River is located about northeast of Juneau, Alaska and about north of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia. The Koshin River's watershed's land cover is classified as 43.0% conifer forest, 36.3% shrubland, 8.8% mixed forest, 5.4% barren, 2.5% wetland, and small amounts of other cover. The Koshin River is in the traditional territories of the Taku River T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |