Currant Creek

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Currant Creek
Looking east on the lower reaches of Currant Creek

Looking east on the lower reaches of Currant Creek

Data
Water code US1412874
location Alaska (USA)
River system Kvichak River
Drain over Newhalen River  → Kvichak River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters Chigmit Mountains
60 ° 20 ′ 7 ″  N , 153 ° 30 ′ 3 ″  W.
Source height 800  m
muzzle Lake Clark Coordinates: 60 ° 18 ′ 31 ″  N , 154 ° 0 ′ 9 ″  W 60 ° 18 ′ 31 ″  N , 154 ° 0 ′ 9 ″  W
Mouth height 77  m
Height difference 723 m
Bottom slope 21 ‰
length 35 km
Catchment area 427 km²
Left tributaries South Currant Creek

The Currant Creek is a river in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in southwest Alaska .

Currant Creek is fed by a glacier of the Chigmit Mountains at an altitude of 800  m . It flows in a westerly direction and flows into Lake Clark after 35 km . 12 km above the mouth, the South Currant Creek , the main tributary of the Currant Creek, meets the river from the left. The catchment area covers 427 km².

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. USGS 15297980 CURRANT C AT MOUTH NR PORT ALSWORTH AK