Pilgrim River

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Pilgrim River
Kruzgamepa River
Data
Water code US :  1407977
location Seward Peninsula in Alaska (USA)
River system Kuzitrin River
Drain over Kuzitrin River  → Imuruk Basin  → Bering Sea
origin Salmon Lake
64 ° 54 ′ 58 "  N , 164 ° 57 ′ 34"  W.
Source height 137  m
muzzle Kuzitrin River Coordinates: 65 ° 9 ′ 21 ″  N , 165 ° 13 ′ 21 ″  W 65 ° 9 ′ 21 ″  N , 165 ° 13 ′ 21 ″  W.
Mouth height 1  m
Height difference 136 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.5 ‰
length approx. 90 km

The Pilgrim River is a 90 km long left tributary of the Kuzitrin River on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska .

The Pilgrim River forms the drain of Salmon Lake . He leaves the lake at its eastern end. It flows around the Kigluaik Mountains , initially 20 km in an east-northeast, later 20 km in a north and finally in a westerly direction. The Nome – Taylor Highway runs along the upper and middle reaches of the Pilgrim River. The Pilgrim River meanders through the lowlands for the last 20 kilometers. It has numerous meanders and forms a network of river arms that eventually flow into the Kuzitrin River .

In addition to the name Pilgrim River , the river also has the Eskimo name Kruzgamepa River .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Salmon Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b Pilgrim River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey