Johnson River (Kuskokwim River)

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Johnson River
Kasigluk on the banks of the Johnson River

Kasigluk on the banks of the Johnson River

Data
Water code US :  1404198
location Alaska (USA)
River system Kuskokwim River
Drain over Kuskokwim River  → Bering Sea
origin Arhymot Lake , north of Kalskag
61 ° 39 ′ 8 ″  N , 160 ° 39 ′ 12 ″  W
Source height 16  m
muzzle Kuskokwim River , 23 km southwest of Bethel Coordinates: 60 ° 39 ′ 13 ″  N , 162 ° 6 ′ 32 ″  W 60 ° 39 ′ 13 ″  N , 162 ° 6 ′ 32 ″  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 16 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.05 ‰
length approx. 340 km
Left tributaries Kvichavak River , Pikmiktalik River
Right tributaries Putu Creek
Communities Kasigluk , Nunapitchuk

The Johnson River is an approximately 340 km long right tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in southwest Alaska .

The river has its source in Arhymot Lake in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Portage north of Kalskag . The Johnson River initially flows in a south-westerly direction between the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers through an extensive lake system, turns at the lower reaches to the southeast and flows into the Kuskokwim River 24 km southwest of Bethel near the confluence with Kuskokwim Bay .

The name of the river used regionally was documented by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1949 . The river is believed to be named after Eric Johnson, a prospector . The Eskimos attributed the water to the Kvichavak River .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arhymot Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ^ A b Johnson River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey