Mulchatna River

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Mulchatna River
September 27, 2011 The Mulchatna River (6990838746) .jpg
Data
Water code US :  1406703
location Alaska (USA)
River system Nushagak River
Drain over Nushagak River  → Bering Sea
origin Turquoise Lake in Lake Clark National Park
60 ° 46 ′ 51 ″  N , 154 ° 0 ′ 35 ″  W
Source height 763  m
muzzle Nushagak River , near Koliganek Coordinates: 59 ° 37 ′ 36 "  N , 157 ° 6 ′ 16"  W 59 ° 37 ′ 36 "  N , 157 ° 6 ′ 16"  W
Mouth height 46  m
Height difference 717 m
Bottom slope 2.8 ‰
length 260 km
Discharge at the New Stuyahok
A Eo gauge: 9427 km²
Location: 40 km above the mouth 		MQ 2010/2014
Mq 2010/2014
 		170 m³ / s
18 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Chilikadrotna River , Chilchitna River , Keefer Creek, Stuyahok River , Koktuli River
Right tributaries Springway Creek, Mosquito River
National Wild and Scenic River

The Mulchatna River is a 260 km long left tributary of the Nushagak River in southwest Alaska .

Its headwaters are located on Turquoise Lake in Lake Clark National Park . The Mulchatna River flows southwest and flows into the Nushagak River at Koliganek , 105 km northeast of Dillingham .

The Telaquana Trail between Telaquana Lake and Village Kijik on Lake Clark, used by the Dena'ina until the early 20th century, runs partially along the Mulchatna River. Today the trail is a backpacker trail.

The first 24 miles of the Mulchatna River within the national park was designated by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 as a National Wild and Scenic River under the administration of the National Park Service .

Web links

Commons : Mulchatna River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turquoise Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ Mulchatna River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ↑ USGS 15302300 MULCHATNA R AB STUYAHOK R NR NEW STUYAHOK AK
  4. ↑ Lake Clark National Park: Telaquana Trail on nps.gov
  5. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Mulchatna River ( Memento from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )