Eureka Creek (Delta River)

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Eureka Creek
Data
Water code US :  1401921
location Alaska (USA)
River system Yukon River
Drain over Delta River  → Tanana River  → Yukon River  → Bering Sea
origin Eureka Glacier
63 ° 17 ′ 32 ″  N , 146 ° 19 ′ 44 ″  W
Source height approx.  1100  m
muzzle Delta River Coordinates: 63 ° 15 ′ 15 "  N , 145 ° 48 ′ 13"  W 63 ° 15 ′ 15 "  N , 145 ° 48 ′ 13"  W.
Mouth height 834  m
Height difference approx. 266 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.6 ‰
length 35 km

The Eureka Creek is a 35 km long left tributary of the Delta River in Alaska .

Eureka Creek is fed by the Eureka Glacier at an altitude of about 1,100  m on the southern flank of the northern Alaska range . Eureka Creek flows east along the base of the mountains. A nameless river fed by the glacier flows into the river on the left. This eventually meets the Delta River.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eureka Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey