Andreafsky River

Andreafsky River
Data
Water code	US :  1398264
location	Alaska (USA)
River system	Yukon River
Drain over	Yukon River  → Bering Sea
source	Nulato Hills 63 ° 8 ′ 27 "  N , 161 ° 42 ′ 37"  W.
Source height	approx.  400  m
muzzle	Yukon River at Pitkas Point Coordinates: 62 ° 1 '45 "  N , 163 ° 15' 9"  W 62 ° 1 '45 "  N , 163 ° 15' 9"  W
Mouth height	3  m
Height difference	approx. 397 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.1 ‰
length	190 km
Catchment area	approx. 5440 km²
National Wild and Scenic River

The Andreafsky River is a right tributary of the Yukon River in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in western Alaska .

Its headwaters are located southeast of St. Michael in the Nulato Hills . It flows south-southwest and flows into the Yukon River at Pitkas Point west of St. Marys .

The name "Andreafsky" for the river was first mentioned in 1898 by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey and probably goes back to a settlement of the native Alaskans on the river . The Russian name was nuggyklik .

With the entire upper reaches of the Andreafsky and the East Fork within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge , a total of 426 kilometers of river were designated as a National Wild and Scenic River by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 . 319 km of which are within a Wilderness Area , the strictest class of conservation area in the United States.

Web links

Commons : Andreafsky River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Andreafsky River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ USGS 620313163091100 ANDREAFSKY R 3.6 MI FROM MOUTH NR ST MARYS AK
3. ↑ ANILCA, Title 6, Part B: Wild and Scenic Rivers within National Wildlife Refuge System Additions ( Memento of January 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Andreafsky Wild and Scenic River ( Memento from June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )