Kvichak River
| Kvichak River | ||
 Kvichak River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1405113 | |
| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| River system | Kvichak River | |
| source |
Iliamna Lake 59 ° 19 ′ 51 ″ N , 155 ° 52 ′ 56 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 14 m | |
| muzzle |
Kvichak Bay near Kogging Coordinates: 58 ° 52 '50 " N , 157 ° 2' 14" W 58 ° 52 '50 " N , 157 ° 2' 14" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 14 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.14 ‰ | |
| length | 97 km | |
| Left tributaries | Alagnak River | |
The Kvichak River is a 97 km long river in southwest Alaska at the transition from the mainland to the Alaska Peninsula .
It rises from Iliamna Lake , flows southwest and flows into Kvichak Bay , a bay in the northeast of Bristol Bay at Kogging , 14 km north of Naknek .
The name of the native inhabitants of Alaska for the river was documented in 1828 by Captain Lutke of the Imperial Russian Navy as "Riviere Bristol" or "Riviere Kvitchak". The spelling "Kvichak" comes from a map of the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1888.