Salmon River (Kobuk River)

Salmon River
Data
Water code	US :  1413907
location	Northwest Arctic Borough in Alaska (USA)
River system	Kobuk River
Drain over	Kobuk River  → Arctic Ocean
Headwaters	Baird Mountains ( Brooks chain ) 67 ° 43 '45 "  N , 159 ° 22' 22"  W
muzzle	Kobuk River Coordinates: 67 ° 9 ′ 16 ″  N , 159 ° 27 ′ 19 ″  W 67 ° 9 ′ 16 ″  N , 159 ° 27 ′ 19 ″  W
Mouth height	16  m
length	110 km
National Wild and Scenic River

The Salmon River is an approximately 110 km long right tributary of the Kobuk River in the Northwest Arctic Borough in northwest Alaska .

It is one of eight rivers with that name in the US state. The Salmon River rises on the southern flank of Kanaktok Mountain in the Baird Mountains , a mountain range of the Brooks Range , and flows southward to the confluence with the Kobuk River.

Located within Kobuk Valley National Park, the salmon was designated a National Wild and Scenic River under the administration of the National Park Service in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act .

Web links

Commons : Salmon River  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Salmon River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Salmon River ( Memento from April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )