The Spatsizi River is a tributary of the Stikine River , rising near Mount Gunanoot in the southeastern Spatsizi Plateau , British Columbia .
4-409: "Spatsizi" is a phrase from the Sekani language meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the region of rolling in the red dust of a particular mountain, making their coat-hair red. The Spatsizi River emerges near the foot of Mount Gunanoot in the Skeena Mountains of north-central British Columbia. It then flows downslope and enters Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park from
8-538: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sekani language The Sekani language or Tse’khene is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia , Canada . Sekani has 33 consonants: Sekani has two tones: low and high. High tone is the more common tone. Syllables phonologically marked for tone are low. For example, tsun means ' dirt ' , while tsùn means ' meat ' . Nasalization of vowels
12-520: Is phonemic. The root * ghèl means ' scrape ' , while the root * ghę̀l means ' roll ' . Nasal vowels also contrast with vowels followed by / n / . The orthography of the Kwadcha Tsek'ene dictionary uses the following letters. In addition, ⟨wu⟩ represents / ʊ / , ⟨iii⟩ represents / iː / , ⟨ee⟩ represents / eː / , and ⟨aa⟩ represents / ɑː / . These words are from
16-635: The south. The river continues north, leaving the park to enter a broad valley in the heart of the Spatsizi Plateau . The flat-bottomed topography of the valley allows the river to meander considerably along much of its northwestward flow until it reaches the Stikine River in Stikine River Provincial Park . This article related to a river in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada
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