Wind River (Southern Alaska)
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Water code | US : 1412148 | |
location | Alaska (USA) | |
River system | Nushagak River | |
Drain over | Peace River → Agulukpak River → Agulowak River → Wood River → Nushagak River → Bering Sea | |
origin |
Lake Kulik 59 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ N , 158 ° 55 ′ 8 ″ W. |
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Source height | 37 m | |
muzzle |
Mikchalk Lake Coordinates: 59 ° 45 ′ 18 " N , 158 ° 53 ′ 15" W 59 ° 45 ′ 18 " N , 158 ° 53 ′ 15" W. |
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Mouth height | 30 m | |
Height difference | 7 m | |
Bottom slope | 2.3 ‰ | |
length | 3 km |
The Wind River is a 2 mile long river in Wood-Tikchik State Park in southwest Alaska .
It forms the outflow of Lake Kulik , flows south-east and flows 85 km north of Dillingham into Mikchalk Lake , which in turn flows into the much larger Lake Beverley .
The native name for the river was documented as Gui-guok-lok by HC Fasset of the US Bureau of Fisheries in 1910 . The current name goes back to the locals FH Waskey and Beverley Polley, who gave the name to Gerald Fitzgerald of the United States Geological Survey in 1930 .