Beaver Creek (Yukon River)

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Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Beaver Creek in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Data
Water code US :  1398795
location Alaska (USA)
River system Yukon River
Drain over Yukon River  → Bering Sea
Confluence of Bear Creek and Champion Creek in the White Mountains
65 ° 24 ′ 56 ″  N , 146 ° 59 ′ 4 ″  W
Source height 520  m
muzzle Yukon River near Beaver Coordinates: 66 ° 14 ′ 19 ″  N , 147 ° 31 ′ 58 ″  W 66 ° 14 ′ 19 ″  N , 147 ° 31 ′ 58 ″  W
Mouth height 102  m
Height difference 418 m
Bottom slope 1.4 ‰
length 290 km
National Wild and Scenic River
Lower Beaver Creek

Lower Beaver Creek

The Beaver Creek is a 290 km long left tributary of the Yukon River in the interior of Alaska .

Its headwaters are located about 80 km north of Fairbanks in the White Mountains , a mountain range of the Tanana Hills . It first flows in a westerly direction, then turns to the northeast and after leaving the mountains again to the west and flows into the Yukon River at Beaver in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge .

The upper reaches of Beaver Creek, 204 km in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and 16 miles in the Wildlife Refuge , was designated as a National Wild and Scenic River in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service designated.

In 2009, Beaver Creek was ranked 8th among the most endangered rivers in the United States due to the planned development of oil and gas reserves by the American Rivers organization .

Web links

Commons : Beaver Creek  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Champion Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ Beaver Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Beaver Creek ( Memento June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ ANILCA, Title 6, Part C: Addition to National Wild and Scenic Rivers System located outside National Park System Units and National Wildlife Refuge Additions ( Memento from January 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ America's Most Endangered Rivers Report (2009 Edition): # 8 Beaver Creek, Alaska ( Memento April 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )