Pargon River

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Pargon River
McKelvie Creek valley in the Bendeleben Mountains; in the background, flowing to the right in the picture, the upper reaches of the Pargon River.

McKelvie Creek valley in the Bendeleben Mountains; in the background, flowing to the right in the picture, the upper reaches of the Pargon River.

Data
Water code US :  1407771
location Alaska (USA)
River system Fish River
Drain over Fish River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters Bendeleben Mountains
65 ° 15 ′ 35 ″  N , 163 ° 43 ′ 16 ″  W.
Source height approx.  700  m
muzzle Fish River Coordinates: 64 ° 59 ′ 31 ″  N , 163 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  W 64 ° 59 ′ 31 ″  N , 163 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  W.
Mouth height 22  m
Height difference approx. 678 m
Bottom slope approx. 10 ‰
length 66 km

The Pargon River is a 66 km long right tributary of the Fish River in the south of the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska .

The Pargon River rises in the west of the Bendeleben Mountains at an altitude of about 700  m , 20 km northeast of the 1137  m high Mount Bendeleben . Initially it flows in a south-easterly direction from the mountains. The river reaches the basin landscape south of the Bendeleben Mountains and turns towards east-southeast. Over the last 15 km, the Pargon River forms several river loops.

The name was derived from the Eskimo language and adopted as the standard by the Board on Geographic Names in 1910 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pargon River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey