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Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz [4] notes in his chapter on Alaska [5] "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes ...
The Chuitna River, sometimes called the Chuit, [1] emerges from a broad expanse of forest and wetlands west of Anchorage and drains into Cook Inlet.The river and its tributaries support all five species of Pacific salmon, Dolly Varden and trout, [2] and the region is home to abundant wildlife, including moose, wolves, and bears.
This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are at least fifth-order according to the Strahler method of stream classification, [1] and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more streams and creeks. [2] According to United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information ...
The Anaktuvuk River [pronunciation?] (Inupiaq: Anaqtuuvak) is a river in Alaska's North Slope. [2] One hundred and thirty-five miles (217 km) long, it flows west from glaciers in the Endicott Mountains changing direction just north of Anaktuvuk Pass [1] to flow north to the Arctic Coastal Plain where it joins the Colville River.
The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for 30 miles (48 km) [1] into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the peninsula. [3] The river mouth is 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Homer. [1]
The Chena River (/ ˈ tʃ iː n ə /; Tanana Athabascan: Ch'eno' "river of something (game)") is a 100-mile (160 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows generally west from the White Mountains to the Tanana River near the city of Fairbanks , which is built on both sides of the river. [ 6 ]
The river's destination is the Cook Inlet in Alaska's southwest. The McNeil is the prime habitat of numerous animals, but it is famous for its salmon and brown bears . This wealth of wildlife was one of the reasons for the Alaska State Legislature's decision to designate the McNeil River a wildlife sanctuary in 1967.
Anaktuvuk Pass is slightly north of the Brooks Range on the divide between the Anaktuvuk River and the John River, at an elevation of 2,200 ft (670 m).Anaktuvuk Pass is the last remaining settlement of the Nunamiut (People of the Land) Iñupiat Inuit in Alaska.