Togiak River
| Togiak River | ||
 Togiak River, left the confluence of the Ongivinuk River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1411042 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Togiak River | |
| origin |
Togiak Lake 59 ° 32 ′ 7 " N , 159 ° 41 ′ 11" W. |
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| Source height | 67 m | |
| muzzle |
Togiak Bay ( Bering Sea ) Coordinates: 59 ° 4 ′ 23 " N , 160 ° 20 ′ 5" W 59 ° 4 ′ 23 " N , 160 ° 20 ′ 5" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 67 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.72 ‰ | |
| length | 93 km | |
| Catchment area | 5178 km² (according to other sources: 4572 km²) | |
| Left tributaries | Ongivinuk River , Pungokepuk Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Kemuk River , Nayorurun River , Gechiak Creek | |
| Communities | Kashiagamiut | |
The Togiak River is a 93 km long tributary of the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska .
It rises west of the Wood River Mountains in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge from Togiak Lake , flows south-southwest and flows into Togiak Bay , a side bay of Bristol Bay , at Togiak . The Togiak River separates the Wood River Mountains from the Ahklun Mountains to the west .
The name of the native inhabitants of Alaska for the river was documented in 1852 by Captain Mikhail Tebenkov of the Imperial Russian Army as "R (eka) Tugiyak". Ivan Petroff first used today's spelling in a census in 1880.
Tributaries
Major tributaries of the Togiak River downstream are:
- Ongivinuk River , left, from Ongivinuk Lake
- Kemuk River (also Narogurum River ), right, from Nenevok Lake
- Nayorurun River (also Kashaiak River ), right, from Nagugun Lake
- Pungokepuk Creek , left, from Pungokepuk Lake
- Gechiak Creek , right, from Gechiak Lake
fauna
All five salmon species on the North American Pacific coast are found in the Togiak River . The arctic smelt , rainbow trout , pike , arctic grayling , dolly varden trout ( Salvelinus malma ) and arctic char are also part of the fish fauna of the river system.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Togiak Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ Togiak River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b c U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- ↑ US Fish and Wildlife Service: Estimation of Chinook Salmon Escapement, Distribution and Run Timing in the Togiak River Watershed Using Radio Telemetry, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2011 (PDF)