Inklin River
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| source1 = Stikine Plateau
| source1_location = Coast Mountains
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| mouth = Taku River
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The Inklin River (Lingít: Héen Tlein) is a tributary of the Taku River in the northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.{{BCGNIS|2913|Inklin River}} It originates at the confluence of its two main tributaries, the Nahlin River and the Sheslay River{{cite book |last= Lord |first= Nancy |title= Rock, Water, Wild: An Alaskan Life |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8XNzra78RK0C&pg=PA97 |accessdate= 12 August 2021 |date= 2009 |publisher= University of Nebraska Press |isbn= 0-8032-2609-8 |page= 97}} and flows generally west and northwest about {{convert|83|km|mi|abbr=on}}Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and [http://www.topoquest.com/ TopoQuest]. to join the Nakina River.{{bcgnis|9023|Nakina River}} The confluence of the Inklin and Nakina Rivers, at the uninhabited locality of Inklin, {{BCGNIS|50084|Inklin (rescinded)}} marks the beginning of the Taku River. The mouth of the Inklin River is located about {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Juneau, Alaska and about {{convert|160|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia.
The river forms the southwestern boundary of the Taku Plateau, the northwesternmost sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau. Along the river's southeast are the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains.
The Inklin River's watershed covers {{convert|10463|km2|abbr=on}}, and its mean annual discharge is {{convert|177|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url= https://nwwt.bcwatertool.ca |title= Northwest Water Tool |work= BC Water Tool |publisher= GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia |accessdate= 4 August 2021}}
The lower Inklin River flows through the Nakina–Inklin Rivers/Yáwu Yaa Conservancy.{{cite web |url= https://bcparks.ca/explore/cnsrvncy/nakina-inklin-rvs |title= Nakina – Inklin Rivers/Yáwu Yaa Conservancy |publisher= BC Parks |accessdate= 12 August 2021}}{{bcgnis|73337|Nakina-Inklin Rivers/Yáwu Yaa Conservancy}}
Major tributaries of the Inklin River include Yeth Creek,{{bcgnis|25271|Yeth Creek}} Sutlahine River,{{bcgnis|19371|Sutlahine River}} Kaustua Creek,{{bcgnis|8120|Kaustua Creek}} Kowatua Creek,{{bcgnis|13435|Kowatua Creek}} Teditua Creek,{{bcgnis|20312|Teditua Creek}} and its headwater rivers, the Nahlin and Sheslay Rivers.