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[[File:Slims River.jpg|thumb|The former mouth of the Slims River, at Kluane Lake]] |
[[File:Slims River.jpg|thumb|The former mouth of the Slims River, at Kluane Lake]] |
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[[File:Kluane National Park Slims River.jpg|thumb|Slims River in 1992]] |
[[File:Kluane National Park Slims River.jpg|thumb|Slims River in 1992]] |
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The '''Slims River''' ( |
The '''Slims River''' (Ä’äy Chù) was a glacially fed [[river]] in the [[Canadian territory]] of [[Yukon]].<ref name="wikifoundry">{{cite web|url=http://cgip.wikifoundry.com/page/Kaskawulsh+Glacier|title=Kaskawulsh Glacier - Canadian Glacier Inventory Project|publisher=cgip.wikifoundry.com|accessdate=2016-01-17}}</ref> Until 2016,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/slims-river-dries-yukon-kluane-glacier-1.3639472|title=Retreating Yukon glacier makes river disappear|newspaper=CBC News|access-date=2017-02-20|language=en}}</ref> it originated in the [[Kaskawulsh Glacier]], then ran approximately 15 mi (24 km) into the southern terminus of [[Kluane Lake]].<ref name="wordpress">{{cite web|url=https://bemaps.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/slims-river-kluane-national-park/|title=Slims River, Kluane National Park – Map Portfolio – Brodie Elder|publisher=bemaps.wordpress.com|accessdate=2016-01-17}}</ref> |
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Over the course of a few days in the spring of 2016 the flow of the river was changed.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shugar|first=Daniel H.|last2=Clague|first2=John J.|last3=Best|first3=James L.|last4=Schoof|first4=Christian|last5=Willis|first5=Michael J.|last6=Copland|first6=Luke|last7=Roe|first7=Gerard H.|date=May 2017|title=River piracy and drainage basin reorganization led by climate-driven glacier retreat|journal=Nature Geoscience|language=en|volume=10|issue=5|pages=370–375|doi=10.1038/ngeo2932|issn=1752-0894}}</ref> Where the meltwater of the Kaskawulsh Glacier had been draining in two directions, now it was all draining into the south-flowing [[Kaskawulsh river]], and further on into the [[Gulf of Alaska]], drastically reducing the size of the Slims.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/17/receding-glacier-causes-immense-canadian-river-to-vanish-in-four-days-climate-change "Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days"], Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, 17 April 2017.</ref> Researchers suggested the change in flow could be due to [[Global warming|manmade climate change]]; this was the first time manmade climate change was implicated in [[river capture|the reorganization of a river]].<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-climate-change-reroutes-yukon-river-20170417-story.html#scso=uid_WPT5eQACsIQKY9dH_gHD-Q_1:0 For the first time on record, human-caused climate change has rerouted an entire river]</ref> |
Over the course of a few days in the spring of 2016 the flow of the river was changed.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shugar|first=Daniel H.|last2=Clague|first2=John J.|last3=Best|first3=James L.|last4=Schoof|first4=Christian|last5=Willis|first5=Michael J.|last6=Copland|first6=Luke|last7=Roe|first7=Gerard H.|date=May 2017|title=River piracy and drainage basin reorganization led by climate-driven glacier retreat|journal=Nature Geoscience|language=en|volume=10|issue=5|pages=370–375|doi=10.1038/ngeo2932|issn=1752-0894}}</ref> Where the meltwater of the Kaskawulsh Glacier had been draining in two directions, now it was all draining into the south-flowing [[Kaskawulsh river]], and further on into the [[Gulf of Alaska]], drastically reducing the size of the Slims.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/17/receding-glacier-causes-immense-canadian-river-to-vanish-in-four-days-climate-change "Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days"], Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, 17 April 2017.</ref> Researchers suggested the change in flow could be due to [[Global warming|manmade climate change]]; this was the first time manmade climate change was implicated in [[river capture|the reorganization of a river]].<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-climate-change-reroutes-yukon-river-20170417-story.html#scso=uid_WPT5eQACsIQKY9dH_gHD-Q_1:0 For the first time on record, human-caused climate change has rerouted an entire river]</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:30, 4 May 2021
The Slims River (Ä’äy Chù) was a glacially fed river in the Canadian territory of Yukon.[1] Until 2016,[2] it originated in the Kaskawulsh Glacier, then ran approximately 15 mi (24 km) into the southern terminus of Kluane Lake.[3]
Over the course of a few days in the spring of 2016 the flow of the river was changed.[4] Where the meltwater of the Kaskawulsh Glacier had been draining in two directions, now it was all draining into the south-flowing Kaskawulsh river, and further on into the Gulf of Alaska, drastically reducing the size of the Slims.[5] Researchers suggested the change in flow could be due to manmade climate change; this was the first time manmade climate change was implicated in the reorganization of a river.[6]
The Slims River was purportedly named after a pack horse that drowned while attempting to ford the stream during the 1903 Kluane gold rush.[7] It is crossed by the Alaska Highway at Mile 1065 (Kilometre 1704) just south of its confluence with the lake.
References
- ^ "Kaskawulsh Glacier - Canadian Glacier Inventory Project". cgip.wikifoundry.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ "Retreating Yukon glacier makes river disappear". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
- ^ "Slims River, Kluane National Park – Map Portfolio – Brodie Elder". bemaps.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ Shugar, Daniel H.; Clague, John J.; Best, James L.; Schoof, Christian; Willis, Michael J.; Copland, Luke; Roe, Gerard H. (May 2017). "River piracy and drainage basin reorganization led by climate-driven glacier retreat". Nature Geoscience. 10 (5): 370–375. doi:10.1038/ngeo2932. ISSN 1752-0894.
- ^ "Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days", Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, 17 April 2017.
- ^ For the first time on record, human-caused climate change has rerouted an entire river
- ^ "The Slims River Bridge, Alaska Highway". explorenorth.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
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