Gulkana River

Gulkana River
Data
Water code	US :  1403048
location	Alaska (USA)
River system	Copper River
Drain over	Copper River  → Pacific Ocean
origin	Summit Lake 63 ° 6 ′ 21 ″  N , 145 ° 29 ′ 43 ″  W.
Source height	980  m
muzzle	Copper River Coordinates: 62 ° 13 '15 "  N , 145 ° 23' 34"  W 62 ° 13 '15 "  N , 145 ° 23' 34"  W.
Mouth height	397  m
Height difference	583 m
Bottom slope	approx. 6.1 ‰
length	approx. 95 km
Catchment area	5480 km²
Discharge at the gauge Sourdough A Eo : 4584 km²	MQ 1973/2002 Mq 1973/2002	32.5 m³ / s 7.1 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries	Middle Fork Gulkana River
Flowing lakes	Paxson Lake
National Wild and Scenic River

The Gulkana River is an approximately 95 km long right tributary of the Copper River in southern Alaska (USA).

The Gulkana River forms the drain of Summit Lake 3 miles south of Paxson . It flows south. It flows through the Paxson Lake and flows south of Gulkana into the Copper River. The Richardson Highway and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline run parallel to the river for long stretches.

The name "Gulkana" has its origin in the name of the native people for the river. Oscar Rohn noted the name in 1899 as "Kulkana". The current spelling was introduced by WR Abercrombie, a captain in the United States Army . Henry Tureman Allen had reported the designation "Tonkina" in 1885.

Some parts of the Gulkana River were placed under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management as the National Wild and Scenic River in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act .

Web links

Commons : Gulkana River  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Summit Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ ^{a b} Gulkana River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
3. ↑ Gulkana River at the Sourdough gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
4. ↑ ANILCA, Title VI, Part C: Addition to National Wild and Scenic Rivers System located outside National Park System Units and National Wildlife Refuges additions ( Memento from January 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Gulkana National Wild River ( Memento from February 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )