King Salmon River (Ugashik Bay)
| King Salmon River | ||
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| Water code | US : 1404746 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | King Salmon River | |
| origin |
Mother Goose Lake 57 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 157 ° 23 ′ 3 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 23 m | |
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Ugashik Bay ( Bristol Bay ) Coordinates: 57 ° 29 ′ 41 " N , 157 ° 38 ′ 44" W 57 ° 29 ′ 41 " N , 157 ° 38 ′ 44" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 23 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.38 ‰ | |
| length | 61 km | |
| Left tributaries | Old Creek, Pumice Creek, Painter Creek | |
The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Bering Sea on the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska .
The 61 km long river drains Mother Goose Lake on its west bank. It flows initially in a westerly direction, later in a northerly direction to Ugashik Bay , a small bay on the northwest coast of the Alaska Peninsula. The Ugashik River flows into Ugashik Bay immediately east of the King Salmon River.
The river name is derived from the king salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ), which is also called King Salmon in English .
In 2005, an acidic crater lake on the Mount Chiginagak volcano emptied. The acid flowed into Mother Goose Lake. In the following years, no more salmon came to spawn .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mother Goose Lake in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- ↑ a b Christopher Michael Kassel: Lacustrine Evidence from Mother Goose Lake of Holocene Geothermal Activity at Mount Chiginagak, Alaska Peninsula (PDF, 2.9 MB) Northern Arizona University. May 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2017.