The Klehini River is a large, glacially fed stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 in the vicinity of Haines

Haines, Alaska

Haines is a census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the area was 1,811. Haines was formerly a city but no longer has a municipal government...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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The Klehini River is approximately 36 miles long (58 km) from its source in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 to its mouth at the Chilkat River

Chilkat River

The Chilkat River is a river in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska that flows southward from the Coast Range to the Chilkat Inlet and ultimately Lynn Canal. It is about long. It begins at Chilkat Glacier, in Alaska, flows west and south in British Columbia for , enters Alaska and continues...

, of which it is the largest tributary. The Klehini River is renowned for its salmon

Salmon

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 runs, its biannual congregation of bald eagle

Bald Eagle

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s — the second largest in the Haines area after the Chilkat River's Council Grounds — and for the Klehini Falls

Klehini Falls

The Klehini Falls are a series of four cataracts in far northwestern British Columbia occurring in a narrow gorge near the headwaters of the Klehini River. The falls are separated from one another by a distance of approximately 300 feet, with an average plunge of 30-40 feet. The individual...

, a series of four cataracts near the river’s headwaters. The Klehini also delineates the northern boundary of the Chilkat Range

Chilkat Range

The Chilkat Range is a mountain range in Haines Borough and the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, west of the city of Juneau....

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The lower Klehini is located within the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve

Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve

The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is a state park and wildlife refuge in the U.S. state of Alaska near Haines. Established in 1982, the park covers 49,320 acres , mainly along the Chilkat River, with sections along the Klehini and Tsirku rivers.The preserve is home to the world's largest...

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Walt Disney's 1991 rendition of White Fang was filmed along the Klehini River.

See also

• List of Alaska rivers
• List of British Columbia rivers