Anvik River

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Anvik River
Data
Water code US :  1398336
location Alaska (USA)
River system Yukon River
Drain over Yukon River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters Nulato Hills
63 ° 39 '26 "  N , 160 ° 7' 26"  W.
Source height approx.  550  m
muzzle Yukon River north of Anvik Coordinates: 62 ° 40 ′ 50 "  N , 160 ° 12 ′ 11"  W 62 ° 40 ′ 50 "  N , 160 ° 12 ′ 11"  W
Mouth height 16  m
Height difference approx. 534 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.4 ‰
length 225 km
Catchment area 4610 km² (7 km above the mouth)
Discharge ( ⊙ ) A Eo : 3678 km² Location: 70 km above the mouth

 MQ 2002/2006
Mq 2002/2006
 		52 m³ / s
14.1 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Canyon Creek, Yellow Creek , Goblet Creek
Right tributaries Otter Creek , Swift River, Beaver Creek

The Anvik River is a 225 km long right tributary of the Yukon River in western Alaska .

It rises in the Nulato Hills southeast of Unalakleet and initially flows south parallel to the Yukon River. After a change of direction in the lower reaches to the east, it joins the village of Anvik . The river has a strongly meandering behavior in the middle and lower reaches . It flows into the Yukon River 3 km north of the settlement of Anvik . Major tributaries are Otter Creek from the right and Yellow Creek from the left. The Anvik River drains an area of ​​approximately 4610 km². The highest monthly runoffs usually occur during the snowmelt in May.

The name of the river was first documented as "R (eka) Anvig" in the 1840s by LA Sagoskin , a lieutenant in the Imperial Russian Navy .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anvik River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  2. ↑ USGS 623945160182800 ANVIK R 4.7 MI FROM MOUTH NR ANVIK ALASKA
  3. ↑ a b USGS 15565400 ANVIK R NR ANVIK AK