Wood River (Nushagak River)

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Wood River
Data
Water code US :  1412249
location Alaska (USA)
River system Nushagak River
Drain over Nushagak River  → Bering Sea
origin Lake Aleknagik
59 ° 16 ′ 27 ″  N , 158 ° 35 ′ 39 ″  W
Source height 11  m
muzzle Nushagak River near Dillingham Coordinates: 59 ° 3 '27 "  N , 158 ° 24' 37"  W 59 ° 3 '27 "  N , 158 ° 24' 37"  W.
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 11 m
Bottom slope 0.32 ‰
length 34 km
Discharge at the Aleknagik
A Eo gauge : 2850 km²
Location: 34 km above the estuary 		MQ 1958/1970
Mq 1958/1970
 		136 m³ / s
47.7 l / (s km²)
Communities Aleknagik

The Wood River is a 21 miles long right tributary of the Nushagak River in Alaska .

It rises from the southeastern end of Lake Aleknagik and flows northeast of Dillingham into the Nushagak River, with which it forms the Nushagak Bay , a bay of Bristol Bay . In June and July, during the snowmelt, the highest monthly outflows occur.

The name of the native inhabitants of Alaska for the river was first documented in 1826 by Lieutenant Sarichew of the Imperial Russian Navy as "Alyagnagik". In 1852 Mikhail Tebenkow probably referred to the same name as "Aleknagek".

The Wood River, along with Tikchik Lake, is eponymous for Wood-Tikchik State Park .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lake Aleknagik in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ Wood River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  3. ↑ a b USGS 15303000 WOOD R NR ALEKNAGIK AK