Johnson River (Cook Inlet)

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Johnson River
Data
Water code US :  1413240
location Alaska (USA)
River system Johnson River
origin Johnson Glacier on the northeast flank of Mount Iliamna
60 ° 6 ′ 54 ″  N , 152 ° 58 ′ 38 ″  W
Source height approx.  300  m
muzzle Cook Inlet Coordinates: 60 ° 0 ′ 29 "  N , 152 ° 36 ′ 37"  W 60 ° 0 ′ 29 "  N , 152 ° 36 ′ 37"  W.
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 300 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 28 km
Right tributaries Runoff from Double Glacier and Lateral Glacier

The Johnson River is a 28 km long tributary of the Cook Inlet in the Aleutian Range in southwest Alaska .

The river is fed by the Johnson Glacier on the northeast flank of Mount Iliamna at an altitude of about 300  m . The Johnson River flows in an east-southeast direction to the sea. Meltwater from the Double Glacier and the Lateral Glacier flows into the Johnson River from the right . The river finally flows into a small lagoon on the west coast of Cook Inlet.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johnson River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System