Nixon fork

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Nixon fork
Data
Water code US :  1407086
location Alaska (USA)
River system Kuskokwim River
Drain over Takotna River  → Kuskokwim River  → Bering Sea
Confluence of From Frank Creek and Whirlwind Creek
63 ° 26 ′ 2 ″  N , 154 ° 28 ′ 17 ″  W
Source height 279  m
muzzle Takotna River , 9 km north of McGrath Coordinates: 63 ° 2 ′ 3 "  N , 155 ° 40 ′ 1"  W 63 ° 2 ′ 3 "  N , 155 ° 40 ′ 1"  W
Mouth height 107  m
Height difference 172 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.7 ‰
length approx. 100 km
Right tributaries West Fork Nixon Fork

The Nixon Fork is an approximately 100 km long left tributary of the Takotna River in the southwestern interior of Alaska .

The Nixon Fork arises at the confluence of Von Frank Creek (17 km, right) and Whirlwind Creek (16 km, left) in the north of the Kuskokwim Mountains at an altitude of 279  m . From there it flows in a south-westerly direction out of the mountains. After about 20 km it reaches a basin landscape, which it flows through in a south-westerly, later in a westerly and finally in a southerly direction. The Nixon Fork has numerous loops and oxbow lakes . The West Fork Nixon Fork meets the Nixon Fork when coming from the north. The Nixon Fork finally flows 9 km north of McGrath into the Takotna River, 25 km above its mouth into the Kuskokwim River . Nixon Fork Mine Airport is 9 km south of the river .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From Frank Creek in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  2. ^ Nixon Fork in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey