| Kotaneelee River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Source1 Location: | La Biche Range, Yukon |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 60.8209°N -124.5326°W |
| Mouth Location: | Northwest Territories |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 60.1806°N -123.7005°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1600m (5,200feet) |
| Mouth Elevation: | 230m (760feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | Chinkeh Creek |
The Kotaneelee River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada.[1] It is a tributary of the Liard River.
It gives the name to the Kotaneelee Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The Kotaneelee River originates in Yukon, just west of the Northwest Territories border, on the eastern slopes of the La Biche Range, at an elevation of 1600m (5,200feet). It flows west into the Northwest Territories, then south-east between the La Biche Range and the Northern Kotaneelee Range. It turns again eastwards and separates the Northern and Southern Kotaneelee Ranges. After receiving the waters of the Chinkeh Creek, it turns south and flows parallel and to the west of the Liard Range of the Franklin Mountains. It turns around Mount Pointed and heads east, passing north of Mount Martin and south of Fisherman Lake before it flows into the Liard River, 15km (09miles) upstream from Fort Liard, at an elevation of 230m (760feet).