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The Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is a river delta located where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers empty into the Bering Sea on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. At approximately 129,500 square kilometers (50,000 sq mi) in size, [ 1 ] it is one of the largest deltas in the world.
The Kuskokwim Mountains is a range of mountains in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States, [2] west of the Alaska Range and southeast of the Yukon River. The Kuskokwim Mountains begin in the interior west of Fairbanks .
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about 19.16 million acres (77,500 km 2) in southwestern Alaska. [2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge .
Southwest of Bethel, the largest community on the river, it broadens into a wide marshy delta that enters Kuskokwim Bay approximately 50 mi (80 km) SSW of Bethel. The lower river below Aniak is located within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
Napakiak, a Yup’ik village of about 350 residents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, was flooded Sunday after heavy rains swelled the Kuskokwim River. Conditions beforehand were “pretty brutal ...
The river is 3,190 kilometres (1,980 mi) [15] [16] long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. ... Map of the Yukon River watershed.
The Tangle Lakes in the Alaska Range sit on the divide between the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska watersheds, and are the source of the Delta River. Black River – 90 miles (140 km) Kun River – 65 miles (105 km) Kokechik River – 60 miles (Kashunuk distributary) Kashunuk River – 225 miles (Yukon distributary) Manokinak River – 75 miles ...
The Tutakoke River is a small coastal river in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The river is located near Hooper Bay, Alaska , [ 1 ] within the Kusilvak Census Area. 61°15′05″N 165°36′41″W / 61.25139°N 165.61139°W / 61.25139; -165.61139