Upper Togiak Lake

Upper Togiak Lake
View from the south of Upper Togiak Lake
Geographical location	Alaska (USA)
Tributaries	Izavieknik River
Drain	Izavieknik River
Location close to the shore	Dillingham
Data
Coordinates	59 ° 49 '42 "  N , 159 ° 28' 13"  W Coordinates: 59 ° 49 '42 "  N , 159 ° 28' 13"  W
Altitude above sea level	92  m
surface	6.9 km²
length	7.4 km
width	1.2 km
volume	232 million m³
scope	17.3 km
Maximum depth	67 m
Middle deep	33 m

The Upper Togiak Lake is a lake of glacial origin in southwestern Alaska .

Upper Togiak Lake is located in the far east of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge . It has a water surface of 6.9 km². An alluvial cone on the eastern bank divides the lake into a northern and a southern basin. The lake is located in a valley that separates the Wood River Mountains to the east from the Ahklun Mountains to the west. The Upper Togiak Lake lies at an altitude of 92  m . The water depth in the northern part of the lake is 67 m, in the southern part 54 m. The lake is a relic of late Pleistocene glaciation .

Togiak Lake is traversed in a southerly direction by the Izavieknik River , which flows to Togiak Lake to the south .

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Upper Togiak Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Stacey J. Lowe, Steven Piazza, Patrick Walsh: Estimates of surface area and volume for 25 lakes, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, southwestern Alaska (PDF, 2.8 MB) US Fish and Wildlife Service. January 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
3. ^ ^{A b} Northern Arizona University: Climatic records from lakes in southern Alaska