Taku River
| Taku River | ||
 Upper reaches of the Taku River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1410581 | |
| location | British Columbia ( Canada ), Alaska ( USA ) | |
| River system | Taku River | |
| Confluence of |
Inklin River and Nakina River 58 ° 54 '12 " N , 133 ° 8' 41" W. |
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| Source height | 132 m | |
| muzzle |
Taku Inlet , Stephens Passage (Pacific Ocean) Coordinates: 58 ° 20 '13 " N , 134 ° 2' 2" W 58 ° 20 '13 " N , 134 ° 2' 2" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 132 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.5 ‰ | |
| length | 87 km | |
| Catchment area | 29,800 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near Juneau A Eo : 16,700 km² |
MQ 1988/2011 Mq 1988/2011 |
390 m³ / s 23.4 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Tulsequah River | |
The Taku River is an approximately 87 km long tributary of the Pacific Ocean in the Boundary Ranges , a mountain range of the Coast Mountains , on the North American Pacific coast.
It is fed by the Stikine Icecap in the south and the Juneau Icefield in the north .
The river is named Taku from the confluence of the Inklin River and Nakina River around 50 km southeast of Atlin Lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It flows southwest, crosses the Canadian-American border and flows into Taku Inlet , a bay of Stephens Passage , almost 30 km northeast of Alaska's capital Juneau . The total length with source rivers is 250 km. The catchment area covers 29,800 km², of which 2300 km² is in Alaska. At level 08BB005 ( ⊙ ) near Juneau, the mean discharge is 390 m³ / s.
In Taku Inlet, the river meets the Taku Glacier , which dammed it several times until the 18th century. The resulting reservoir broke through the ice dam for the last time in 1750 and has not been rebuilt since.
The lower reaches of the Taku River, along with the Alexander Archipelago, are the habitat of the Taku , a group of the Tlingit Indians.
Web links
- Taku River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Taku River . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Geographical Names of Canada: Taku River
Individual evidence
- ↑ Taku River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- ↑ a b c The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b Water Survey of Canada: Station 08BB005 ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2010) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
