Sheenjek River

Sheenjek River
Sheenjek River in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Data
Water code	US :  1409361
location	Alaska Interior in Alaska (USA)
River system	Yukon River
Drain over	Porcupine River  → Yukon River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters	Romanzof Mountains ( Brooks range ) 69 ° 1 ′ 53 ″  N , 144 ° 0 ′ 40 ″  W.
muzzle	Porcupine River near Fort Yukon Coordinates: 66 ° 44 ′ 23 "  N , 144 ° 34 ′ 1"  W 66 ° 44 ′ 23 "  N , 144 ° 34 ′ 1"  W
Mouth height	136  m
length	320 km
National Wild and Scenic River

The Sheenjek River is a 320 km long right tributary of the Porcupine River in the interior of Alaska .

It rises in the Romanzof Mountains , a mountain range in the Brooks Range , flows south and flows northeast of Fort Yukon into the Porcupine River.

The headwaters and the upper reaches of the Sheenjek are in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , the estuary in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge .

The 260 km long section of the Sheenjek River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was designated as a National Wild and Scenic River in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sheenjek River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ ANILCA, Title 6, Part B: Wild and Scenic Rivers within National Wildlife Refuge System Additions ( Memento of March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Sheenjek River ( Memento from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )