Innoko River
| Innoko River | ||
 Innoko River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1403877 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| Headwaters |
Cloudy Mountain in the Kuskokwim Mountains 63 ° 8 ′ 55 ″ N , 156 ° 1 ′ 30 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 600 m | |
| muzzle |
Yukon River at Holy Cross Coordinates: 62 ° 11 ′ 45 " N , 159 ° 43 ′ 15" W 62 ° 11 ′ 45 " N , 159 ° 43 ′ 15" W |
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| Mouth height | 8 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 592 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.74 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 800 km | |
| Catchment area | 36,517 km² (20 km above the mouth) | |
| Left tributaries | Dishna River , Iditarod River | |
| Right tributaries | Mud River | |
| River bifurcation Paimiut Slough | ||
The Innoko River is an approx. 800 km long left tributary of the Yukon River in western Alaska .
The Innoko River drains the northwest flank of the Kuskokwim Mountains . Its headwaters are on Cloudy Mountain . It first flows northward, then turns west and finally runs in a south-westerly direction to the confluence with the Yukon River at Holy Cross parallel to it. The upper reaches of the Innoko lies in the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge .
Major tributaries of the Innoko River are the Dishna River (left), Mud River (right), and Iditarod River (left). The Paimiut Slough forms a left branch of the Innoko River shortly before the confluence, which meets the Yukon River about 35 km southwest of Holy Cross.
During a gold rush in 1907, prospectors came to the Innoko Valley and set up some mining camps such as Ophir , Poorman and Cripple , which were soon abandoned.
The only place on the river is Shageluk , which is mainly inhabited by Deg Xinag .
The current name of the river goes back to the spelling of the Russian Admiralty from 1952. Previously there had been several names based on Alaskan indigenous names. The former name "Chagelyuk" for the lower Innoko can now be found in Shageluk Slough , a tributary of the Yukon.
