The Inklin River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in northern 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...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It flows northwest into the head of the Taku River

Taku River

The Taku River is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. Its mouth coincides with the Alaska-British Columbia border...

, which is formed by the convergence of the Inklin with the Nakina River

Nakina River

The Nakina River is a river located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, rising southeast of Atlin Lake and flowing generally Southeast to its confluence with the Inklin River at the locality of Inklin, where the two rivers combine to form the commencement of the Taku River.A major tributary...

, which flows southwest to meet it at the uninhabited locality of Inklin

Inklin, British Columbia

Inklin is a locality situated at the confluence of the Inklin and Nakina Rivers in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada, which is the commencement of the Taku River....

, which is located at the confluence.

The river forms the southwestern boundary of the Taku Plateau

Taku Plateau

The Taku Plateau is a sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau in the far northwestern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It lies to the south of the Teslin Plateau, part of the Yukon Plateau and to the southeast of the Yukon Plateau's other major sub-area within British Columbia, the Tagish Highland...

, the northwesternmost sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau

Stikine Plateau

The Stikine Plateau is a plateau in northern British Columbia, Canada. It lies between the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the west and southwest and the Cassiar Mountains along its northeast, and between the Skeena Mountains on its south and southeast and the Jennings and Nakina Rivers...

. Along the river's southeast are the Boundary Ranges

Boundary Ranges

The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains...

 of the Coast Mountains

Coast Mountains

The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges, of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia. They are so-named because of their proximity to the sea coast, and are often...

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