Wernicke River

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Wernicke River
Data
Water code US :  1415662
location Alaska (USA)
River system Copper River
Drain over Copper River  → Gulf of Alaska
origin Wernicke Glacier
60 ° 48 ′ 42 ″  N , 144 ° 17 ′ 7 ″  W
Source height approx.  250  m
muzzle Copper River Coordinates: 60 ° 49 ′ 58 "  N , 144 ° 30 ′ 45"  W 60 ° 49 ′ 58 "  N , 144 ° 30 ′ 45"  W.
Mouth height 53  m
Height difference approx. 197 m
Bottom slope approx. 13 ‰
length 15 km

The Wernicke River is a 15 km long left tributary of the Copper River in Alaska . The river was named in 1910 by Lawrence Martin of the US Geological Survey (USGS) after L. Wernicke, an engineer who helped build the Copper River and Northwestern Railway .

The Wernicke River is fed by the Wernicke Glacier in the Chugach Mountains at an altitude of about 250  m . It flows initially to the northwest, later to the southwest. The mouth of the Wernicke River is at a height of 56  m . The lower end of the Allen Glacier is on the opposite side of the valley .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wernicke River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ Wernicke River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey