Moose Creek (Selway River)

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Moose Creek
Data
Water code US :  387178
location Idaho ( USA )
River system Columbia River
Drain over Selway River  → Middle Fork Clearwater River  → Clearwater River  → Snake River  → Columbia River  → Pacific Ocean
Confluence of North Fork and East Fork Moose Creek
46 ° 9 ′ 50 ″  N , 114 ° 54 ′ 2 ″  W.
Source height 701  m
muzzle Selway River Coordinates: 46 ° 7 ′ 21 "  N , 114 ° 56 ′ 7"  W 46 ° 7 ′ 21 "  N , 114 ° 56 ′ 7"  W.
Mouth height 665  m
Height difference 36 m
Bottom slope 6 ‰
length 6 km
Catchment area 950 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 950 km²
Location: 300 m above the mouth 		MQ 1996/2005
Mq 1996/2005
 		20.6 m³ / s
21.7 l / (s km²)
East Fork Moose Creek
Water code US :  381141
location Idaho ( USA )
Headwaters Bitterroot Mountains
46 ° 10 ′ 30 ″  N , 114 ° 27 ′ 53 ″  W.
Source height approx.  2100  m

length 50 km
North Fork Moose Creek
Water code US :  387740
location Idaho ( USA )
Headwaters Clearwater Mountains
46 ° 20 ′ 39 ″  N , 114 ° 51 ′ 48 ″  W.
Source height approx.  2000  m

length 35 km

The Moose Creek ( moose English for " elk "; creek English for "little river") is a right tributary of the Selway River in the US state of Idaho .

River course

The Moose Creek arises at the confluence of its two headwaters North Fork and East Fork Moose Creek. It flows another 6 kilometers south-southwest before it meets the Selway River. To the left of the estuary is Moose Creek USFS Airport , an airfield operated by the US Forest Service . Moose Creek and its headwaters run within the Nez Perce National Forest .

The East Fork Moose Creek rises on the western flank of the Bitterroot Mountains on the border with Montana . It flows in a predominantly westerly direction through the mountains and meets the North Fork Moose Creek after 50 kilometers.

The North Fork Moose Creek rises at an altitude of 2000  m in the Clearwater Mountains on the watershed to the Lochsa River, which runs further north . It flows in a predominantly south-south-west direction through the mountains and meets the East Fork Moose Creek after 35 km.

Hydrology

The Moose Creek drains an area of ​​950 km². The mean discharge is 20.6 m³ / s. Its contribution to the total runoff below the junction is 30 percent. Moose Creek carries the largest amounts of water in May during the snowmelt with an average of 112 m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ East Fork Moose Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ Moose Creek in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  3. ↑ a b c USGS 13335700 MOOSE CREEK AT MOUTH NR MOOSE CREEK RANGER STATION