Teklanika River
| Teklanika River | ||
 River bed of the Teklanika River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1410715 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Nenana River → Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| origin | nameless glacier in the Alaska range 63 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ N , 149 ° 28 ′ 59 ″ W |
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| Source height | 1869 m | |
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Nenana River at Nenana Coordinates: 64 ° 31 ′ 50 " N , 149 ° 8 ′ 22" W 64 ° 31 ′ 50 " N , 149 ° 8 ′ 22" W |
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| Mouth height | 126 m | |
| Height difference | 1743 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 12 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 150 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 2550 km² (90 km above the mouth: 1272 km²) | |
| Discharge at the gauge Lignite A Eo : 1272 km² Location: 90 km above the mouth |
MQ 1965/1974 Mq 1965/1974 |
19.8 m³ / s 15.6 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Sanctuary River , Savage River | |
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The Teklanika River is an approximately 150 km long left tributary of the Nenana River in Alaska .
The river has its source in the northeastern part of Denali National Park in the Alaska range . The Teklanika River is fed by an unnamed glacier that borders the Cantwell Glacier in the south . The Teklanika River flows north. It cuts through two ridges before it reaches the Tanana-Kuskokwim Plain and finally flows into the Nenana River south of Nenana . Right tributaries are the Sanctuary River and Savage River . The teklanika river is part of the river system of the Yukon River .
The Teklanika River has a ramified course. It splits up several times into a network of canals, which are separated by small islands, sand and gravel banks. As it traverses Primrose Ridge and Tekla Ridge , it narrows and its flow rate increases. On the lower course in the southern Tanana Valley meanders he finally fanned by a system of Altwasserschlingen and oceans to the mouth in the Nenana River.
Below the confluence of the Savage River, the mean discharge is 19.8 m³ / s. The months with the highest discharge are June, July and August.
In the report Into the Wild , filmed by Sean Penn , the Teklanika River, which has risen from the snowmelt, cuts off Christopher McCandless ' way back to Healy .
Web links
- Teklanika in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- Denali Park Road
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cantwell Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b Teklanika River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b c d USGS 15518350 TEKLANIKA R NR LIGNITE AK
