Little Black River (Alaska)
| Little Black River | ||
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| Water code | US : 1405406 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Grass River → Porcupine River → Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| source | in the extreme northwest of the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve 65 ° 36 ′ 1 ″ N , 143 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W |
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| Splitting up | in Grass River and Sucker River coordinates: 66 ° 26 ′ 7 " N , 143 ° 49 ′ 33" W 66 ° 26 ′ 7 " N , 143 ° 49 ′ 33" W. |
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| Mouth height |
162 m
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| length | approx. 130 km | |
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The Little Black River is a river in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the US state of Alaska .
The Little Black River rises about 30 km southeast of Circle about one kilometer north of the Yukon River in the extreme northwest of the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve . It flows for the first 78 km in a north-northeast direction. It then turns to the northwest and flows a further 53 km through the Yukon Flats until it splits - 25 km south of Chalkyitsik - into the northern Grass River and the southern Sucker River . The two rivers continue their course to the west and flow into the lower reaches of the Porcupine River . The Little Black River has a strongly meandering river course. It has a length of about 130 km.