Delta River

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Delta River
Delta River AK.jpg
Data
Water code US :  1401105
location Alaska (USA)
River system Yukon River
Drain over Tanana River  → Yukon River  → Bering Sea
origin Tangle Lakes
63 ° 9 ′ 14 "  N , 145 ° 56 ′ 54"  W.
Source height 866  m
muzzle Tanana River at Big Delta Coordinates: 64 ° 9 ′ 19 ″  N , 145 ° 51 ′ 35 ″  W 64 ° 9 ′ 19 ″  N , 145 ° 51 ′ 35 ″  W
Mouth height 300  m
Height difference 566 m
Bottom slope 4.4 ‰
length 130 km
Left tributaries Eureka Creek , outflows from McGinnis and Black Rapids Glaciers
Right tributaries Phelan Creek , Jarvis Creek , outflows of Canwell- , rock and Castner Glacier
Communities Delta Junction , Big Delta
National Wild and Scenic River
Tangle Lakes, source lakes of the Delta River

Tangle Lakes, source lakes of the Delta River

The Delta River is a 130 km long left tributary of the Tanana River in Alaska .

It rises in south-central Alaska from the Tangle Lakes , a group of lakes on the Denali Highway , flows north through the Alaska range into the Interior and flows into the Tanana River at the Big Delta .

The Richardson Highway runs parallel to the Delta River through the Alaska Range and Tanana Valley .

The upper reaches of the Delta River from Tangle Lakes to Black Rapids was designated by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 as a National Wild and Scenic River under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tangle Lakes in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ^ A b Delta River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ↑ 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 )
  4. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Delta River ( Memento June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )