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The lower river below Aniak is located within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The river receives the Big River from the south approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Medfra. It receives the Swift, Stony, and Holitna rivers from the south at the southern end of the Kuskokwim Mountains before emerging on the coastal plain.
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 Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. ... [15] [16] long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta.
It is a coastal plain extending to the Bering Sea, covering the delta created by the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. The delta includes extensive wetlands near sea level that are often inundated by Bering Sea tides. It is bordered on the east by Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the United States.
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.
Map Yukon, Canada. This is a list of rivers of Yukon. Arctic Ocean watershed. Mackenzie River watershed Upper Liard River. Rancheria River. Little Rancheria River;
Also on tap, new oil and gas exploration, including on 1.6 million acres near the Yukon Flats ... and permitting an open-pit gold mine near the headwaters of the salmon-rich Kuskokwim River. ...
The Yukon River Basin is located between the Yukon Territory in Canada and Alaska in the United States, with a small portion in British Columbia, Canada. This basin is made up of 13 other individual basins that drain into the Yukon River and other adjoining rivers and tributaries .