Ugashik River

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Ugashik River
Data
Water code US :  1411489
location Alaska (USA)
River system Ugashik River
origin Lower Ugashik Lake
57 ° 33 ′ 50 ″  N , 157 ° 0 ′ 2 ″  W.
Source height 4  m 
muzzle Ugashik Bay ( Bristol Bay ) Coordinates: 57 ° 29 ′ 50 "  N , 157 ° 36 ′ 23"  W 57 ° 29 ′ 50 "  N , 157 ° 36 ′ 23"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 4 m
Bottom slope 0.07 ‰
length 61 km
Left tributaries Dog Salmon River
Communities Ugashik

The Ugashik River is a tributary of the Bering Sea on the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska .

The 61 km long river drains Lower Ugashik Lake on its northwest shore. It flows in a predominantly westward direction to Ugashik Bay , a small bay on the northwest coast of the Alaska Peninsula. 17 km above the estuary lies the Ugashik settlement on the left bank of the river . 8 km further downstream, the Dog Salmon River , the only major tributary, flows into the Ugashik River from the left. The King Salmon River flows into Ugashik Bay immediately west of the Ugashik River.

Fish fauna

In late summer, the salmon migrate up the Ugashik River to their spawning grounds in the Ugashik Lakes . The most common of the five salmon species found in the river are silver salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutchi ) and sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lower Ugashik Lake in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  2. ↑ a b Michael R. Edwards, James P. Larson: Estimation of Coho Salmon Escapement in the Ugashik Lakes, Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2001-2003 (PDF, 74.0 KB) US Fish & Wildlife Service. April 2004. Retrieved December 9, 2017.