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The Delta River is an 80-mile (130 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Its name in the Ahtna language is Saas Na’ [pronunciation?Fed by the Tangle Lakes of the Alaska Range, the river flows north to meet the larger river near Big Delta. [3]
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. [2][3] It is larger than the Mississippi River Delta (which varies ...
Delta Junction (Russian: Делта-Джанкшен; Ukrainian: Делта-Джанкшен, romanized: Delta Dzhankshen), officially the City of Delta Junction, is a small city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931.
The Copper River Delta, which extends for 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2), is the largest contiguous wetlands along the Pacific coast of North America. [13][15] It is used annually by 16 million shorebirds, including the world's entire population of western sandpipers and the pacific flyway population of dunlins. [29]
The delta is nearly 210 km (130 mi) from north to south, and ranges in width from 50 to 80 km (31 to 50 mi). It is the second biggest Arctic delta in the world, after the Lena River delta in Russia. Most land in the Mackenzie delta consists of permafrost, with great depths to bedrock.
Gulf of Alaska. Chignik River – 20 miles (32 km) Aniakchak River – 27 miles (43 km) Ayakulik River – 28 miles (45 km) Karluk River – 24 miles (39 km) Kamishak River – 38 miles (61 km) McNeil River – 22 miles (35 km) McArthur River – 33 miles (53 km) Chakachatna River – 36 miles (58 km)
Yukon River. The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. From its source in British Columbia, it flows through Canada's territory of Yukon (itself named after the river). The lower half of the river continues westward through the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is 3,190 kilometres (1,980 mi) [15][16] long and empties ...
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. It is a coastal plain extending to the Bering Sea ...