Holitna River

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Holitna River
Data
Water code US :  1403435
location Alaska (USA)
River system Kuskokwim River
Drain over Kuskokwim River  → Bering Sea
Confluence of Kogrukluk River and Shotgun Creek east of the Kuskokwim Mountains
60 ° 50 ′ 59 ″  N , 157 ° 50 ′ 56 ″  W
Source height 114  m
muzzle Kuskokwim River at Sleetmute Coordinates: 61 ° 40 '52 "  N , 157 ° 10' 7"  W 61 ° 40 '52 "  N , 157 ° 10' 7"  W.
Mouth height 58  m
Height difference 56 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.31 ‰
length approx. 180 km
Right tributaries Hoholitna River
Holitna River in the basin of the Kuskokwim River

Holitna River in the basin of the Kuskokwim River

The Holitna River is an approximately 180 km long left tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the southwestern interior of Alaska .

The river arises from the confluence of the Kogrukluk River and Shotgun Creek north of Wood-Tikchik State Park . It flows northward to the confluence with the Kuskokwim River 2 km south of Sleetmute .

The name of the native inhabitants for the river was recorded in 1829 by Lieutenant Sarichew "Khulitnak". Lieutenant LA Sagoskin of the Imperial Russian Navy wrote the spelling "Khulitnak" from 1842-44 and WS Post from the United States Geological Survey wrote in 1898 "Holitnuk".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kogrukluk River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b Holitna River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey