Wind River (Northern Alaska)

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Wind river
Data
Water code US :  1412149
location Alaska (USA)
River system Yukon River
Drain over East Fork Chandalar River  → Teedriinjik River  → Yukon River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters Philip Smith Mountains ( Brooks Range )
68 ° 34 ′ 31 "  N , 147 ° 24 ′ 17"  W.
muzzle East Fork Chandalar River Coordinates: 67 ° 46 '36 "  N , 146 ° 9' 27"  W 67 ° 46 '36 "  N , 146 ° 9' 27"  W.
Mouth height 518  m

length 129 km
National Wild and Scenic River

The Wind River is a 129 km long right tributary of the East Fork Chandalar River in the interior of Alaska .

It rises on the continental divide in the Philip Smith Mountains , a mountain range in the Brooks Range , flows south and flows into the East Fork Chandalar River.

The entire course of the Wind River including an unnamed tributary in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (a total of 225 river kilometers) was designated as a National Wild and Scenic River by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wind River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ^ Wind Wild and Scenic River, Alaska. June 10, 2010, accessed September 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ ANILCA, Title 6, Part B: Wild and Scenic Rivers within National Wildlife Refuge System Additions ( Memento of January 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Wind River ( Memento June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )