A different spelling of Klinaklini is Kleena Kleene, which is the name of a recreational community on the river just below its exit from the Pantheon Range onto the Chilcotin Plateau.

In the area of Kleena Kleene the Klinaklini, Homathko and Chilanko River basins share the same stretch of plateau.

[2] There is a First Nation village of the Tanakteuk subdivision of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples at the mouth of the river, Tsawatti.

[11] From its source the Klinaklini River flows northeast to the Chilcotin Plateau, where it turns suddenly northwest.

The river flows generally south and west through the Pantheon Range, collecting numerous tributary streams.