Sheenjek River
Sheenjek River | ||
Sheenjek River in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge |
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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. |
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muzzle |
Porcupine River near Fort Yukon Coordinates: 66 ° 44 ′ 23 " N , 144 ° 34 ′ 1" W 66 ° 44 ′ 23 " N , 144 ° 34 ′ 1" W |
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Mouth height |
136 m
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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
- ^ Sheenjek River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ ANILCA, Title 6, Part B: Wild and Scenic Rivers within National Wildlife Refuge System Additions ( Memento of March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Sheenjek River ( Memento from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )