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The Yoho River is a silty, swift
The Yoho River is a silty, swift tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the Kicking Horse River
The Kicking Horse River is in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The river was named in 1858, when James Hector, a member of the Palliser Expedition, reported being kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river. Hec ...
in the Canadian province
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of British Columbia
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. The river is entirely within Yoho National Park
Yoho National Park ( ) is a National Parks of Canada, national park of Canada. It is located within the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide of the Americas in southeastern British Columbia, bordere ...
.
Course
The Yoho River originates at the north end of Yoho National Park and flows generally south to join the Kicking Horse River some distance northeast ofField
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Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
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. It begins at the toe of the Yoho Glacier and flows within from its source it has already received the waters of Waves Creek, Twin Falls Creek, Fairy Creek & the Little Yoho River. It continues south for another to its confluence with the stream Takakkaw Falls
Takakkaw Falls (; also spelled Takkakaw) is a waterfall in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, in Canada. The falls have a total height of , making them the second tallest waterfall in Canada. The main drop of the waterfall has a he ...
is on. Along that stretch is a significant canyon in which the river drops over at least one major waterfall. The river also picks up the waters of Whiskey-Jack Creek near Takakkaw Falls. From there it flows another to its confluence with the Kicking Horse River. At the confluence, the Yoho is actually the bigger of the two rivers. It is also the siltier of the two at the time, and most of the silt the Kicking Horse has comes from the Yoho.
See also
*List of rivers of British Columbia
The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by drainage basin, watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance
(See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also includ ...
References
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