Five Finger Rapids

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Five Finger Rapid on the upper Yukon River in Yukon.

Five Finger Rapids

geographical feature, North America

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Yukon River
Physiography and hydrology
…split the river into the Five Finger Rapid area, and the current flows swiftly past these islands. At the village of Selkirk, the junction of the Pelly River swells the Yukon’s volume considerably, for the Pelly drains about 19,700 square miles (51,000 square km) of the generally uninhabited western slopes…
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…split the river into the Five Finger Rapid area, and the current flows swiftly past these islands. At the village of Selkirk, the junction of the Pelly River swells the Yukon’s volume considerably, for the Pelly drains about 19,700 square miles (51,000 square km) of the generally uninhabited western slopes…
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