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Banner Creek is a small stream tributary to Nome River from the west, about 3 miles (5 km) above Dexter Creek. Basin Creek is an easterly tributary of Nom River, about 4 miles (6 km) below Hobson Creek. Hobson Creek joins Nome River about 10 miles (16 km) from the sea; it has a narrow valley and a southerly course. Dorothy Creek is a tributary ...
Water from the Miocene Ditch was crucial for mining placer gold deposits in important creeks near Nome. It was used on Anvil Creek, in the Snake River drainage, and on Dexter Creek, a tributary of the Nome River. At least in the early years, mining on Dexter Creek was highly dependent on this water (Nome Nugget 1902; [6] Nome News 1903 [7]).
An aerial view of Nome, Alaska, in July 2006. Nome is located at (64.503889, −165.399444 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 km 2), of which 12.5 square miles (32 km 2) is land and 9.1 square miles (23.6 km 2) (41.99%) is water.
The cruise ship with about 1,000 passengers anchored off Nome, too big to squeeze into into the tundra city's tiny port. It was 2016, and at the time, the cruise ship Serenity was the largest ...
The Nome mining district, also known as the Cape Nome mining district, is a gold mining district in the U.S. state of Alaska.It was discovered in 1898 when Erik Lindblom, Jafet Lindeberg and John Brynteson, the "Three Lucky Swedes", found placer gold deposits on Anvil Creek and on the Snake River few miles from the future site of Nome.
Pages in category "Rivers of Nome Census Area, Alaska" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... Shovel Creek (Alaska) Snake River (Nome, Alaska)
Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin. It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.
Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’