Brushkana Creek

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Brushkana Creek
View from Denali Highway to Brushkana Creek

View from Denali Highway to Brushkana Creek

Data
Water code US :  1399510
location Alaska ( USA )
River system Yukon River
Drain over Nenana River  → Tanana River  → Yukon River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters Talkeetna Mountains
63 ° 10 ′ 49 "  N , 148 ° 30 ′ 12"  W.
Source height approx.  1500  m
muzzle Nenana River Coordinates: 63 ° 19 ′ 37 "  N , 148 ° 9 ′ 5"  W 63 ° 19 ′ 37 "  N , 148 ° 9 ′ 5"  W.
Mouth height 685  m
Height difference approx. 815 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length 55 km
Catchment area approx. 600 km²  (8 km above the mouth: 300 km²)
Right tributaries Monahan Creek

The Brushkana Creek is a 45 km long left tributary of the Nenana River in Alaska .

The Brushkana Creek rises at an altitude of about 1500  m in the Talkeetna Mountains . Initially it flows mainly in an easterly direction. After about 20 km it turns north-northeast. The Denali Highway crosses the river 8 km above the mouth. 4 km above the confluence with the Nenana River, Monahan Creek flows into Brushkana Creek on the right. This turns west for the last few kilometers. Brushkana Creek drains an area of ​​approximately 600 km².

In 1913, FH Moffit of the US Geological Survey (USGS) documented the Indian Tanana name of the river.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brushkana Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ USGS 15515799 BRUSHKANA C NR CANTWELL AK