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Riley Creek (Middle Creek Tributary)
Riley Creek is a tributary of Middle Creek, which in turn is a tributary of the Tahltan River, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally south for roughly Length measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, anToporama/ref> to join Middle Creek about north of Middle Creek's confluence with the Tahltan River. Riley Creek's watershed covers , and its mean annual discharge is estimated at . The mouth of Riley Creek is located about north of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about southwest of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about east of Juneau, Alaska. Riley Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 39.9% shrubland, 36.8% conifer forest, 20.3% mixed forest, and small amounts of other cover. Riley Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people. Geography Riley Creek originates on the southeast edge of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, ab ... [...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] |