Nushagak River
| Nushagak River | ||
 Estuary of the Nushagak River into Bristol Bay |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1407364 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Nushagak River | |
| source | in the Nushagak Hills, 60 ° 34 ′ 4 " N , 156 ° 3 ′ 45" W |
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| muzzle |
Nushagak Bay ( Bristol Bay ) Coordinates: 58 ° 47 ′ 58 " N , 158 ° 37 ′ 57" W 58 ° 47 ′ 58 " N , 158 ° 37 ′ 57" W |
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| Mouth height |
0 m
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| length | 450 km | |
| Catchment area | 34,300 km² | |
| Outflow at the level at the mouth |
MQ |
1020 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Mulchatna River | |
| Right tributaries | King Salmon River , Nuyakuk River , Wood River , Kokwok River , Iowithla River | |
The Nushagak River is a tributary of Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska .
It rises in the Nushagak Hills , a small mountain range between Kuskokwim and Chigmit Mountains , flows southwest and flows 450 km east of Dillingham together with the Wood River into Nushagak Bay , a branch in the north of Bristol Bay.
The rivers Nuyakuk , King Salmon , Iowithla and Kokwok flow into the Nushagak. The largest tributary is the Mulchatna River . Towns along the river are Portage Creek , Ekwok , Koliganek, and New Stuyahok .
Russian explorers were the first Europeans to sail the river on expeditions into the hinterland in 1824, during which they also discovered the Kuskokwim , the Yukon and the Koyukuk .
With king salmon , silver salmon , sockeye salmon , ketal salmon and pink salmon , all five Pacific salmon species come to spawn in the Nushagak or one of its tributaries.
literature
- Northwest Books, Alaska; Geographic Society, Alaska: Nushagak River (Alaska Geographic) . Alaska Northwest Books, 1990, ISBN 0-88240-192-0 (English).
- Nushagak River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
