This means that a channel can be followed for a longer distance downriver until it, itself, disseminates into the shared delta.

The Dempster Highway crosses it at Fort McPherson, via a ferry during the summer months and an ice bridge during the winter.

The Yukon part of the Peel Watershed is undergoing land use planning.

Steven Kokelj, a specialist in permafrost, has documented significant changes in the balance of dissolved ions in the river's water as the region's permafrost starts to melt.

[6] Ions of elements like calcium and sulphur dissolve easily when the permafrost thaws.