The White River (French: Rivière Blanche; Hän: Tadzan ndek) is a tributary about 200 miles (320 km) long, of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon.
[3] The Alaska Highway crosses the White River near Beaver Creek.
The White River is glacier-fed and contains large amounts of suspended sediment.
It transports 19 million tons of sediment per year in the upper part of its basin.
[4] This dramatically changes the clarity of the Yukon River, which remains sediment laden from the confluence to its mouth.