Nowitna River

Nowitna River
Nowitna River in the National Wildlife Refuge of the same name
Data
Water code	US :  1407276
location	Alaska (USA)
River system	Yukon River
Drain over	Yukon River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters	Interior west of the Alaska range 63 ° 30 ′ 28 ″  N , 155 ° 32 ′ 34 ″  W
muzzle	East Channel of the Yukon River Coordinates: 64 ° 55 ′ 38 "  N , 154 ° 16 ′ 11"  W 64 ° 55 ′ 38 "  N , 154 ° 16 ′ 11"  W
Mouth height	47  m
length	455 km
Left tributaries	Lost River , Sulatna River
Right tributaries	Titna River , Big Mud River , Little Mud River
National Wild and Scenic River
Meandering lower reaches of the Nowitna River, just before it flows into the Yukon River

The Nowitna River is a 455 km long left tributary of the Yukon River in the US state of Alaska .

Most of it is located in the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge . The Nowitna is a calmly flowing, strongly meandering river.

Tributaries are Titna River , Big Mud River with its tributary Grand Creek , Little Mud River , Lost River and Sulatna River .

“Novi” is often given regionally as the name of the natives for the river. An expedition of the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1867 reported the name "Newicargut", where the ending "cargut" means estuary.

Since 1980, the lower 357 km of the Nowitna River has been protected as a National Wild and Scenic River .

Web links

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

• Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge of the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Alaska (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nowitna River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ ^{a b} National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Nowitna River ( Memento from May 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )