The Innoko River (/ɪˈnoʊkoʊ/; (Deg Xinag: Yooniq) is a 500-mile (800 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It flows north from its origin south of Cloudy Mountain in the Kuskokwim Mountains and then southwest to meet the larger river across from Holy Cross.[5]
| Innoko River | |
|---|---|
 Innoko River in summer | |
  Location of the mouth of the Innoko River in Alaska | |
| Native name | Yooniq (Degexit'an) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Yukon–Koyukuk |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | south of Cloudy Mountain |
| • location | Innoko National Wildlife Refuge |
| • coordinates | 63°08′55″N 156°01′30″W / 63.14861°N 156.02500°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,325 ft (709 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Yukon River |
• location | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Holy Cross |
• coordinates | 62°11′45″N 159°43′15″W / 62.19583°N 159.72083°W[1] |
• elevation | 26 ft (7.9 m)[1] |
| Length | 805 km (500 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 36,517 km2 (14,099 sq mi) 34,981.3 km2 (13,506.4 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Holy Cross (near mouth) |
| • average | 335.467 m3/s (11,846.9 cu ft/s)[4] |
Most of its upper portion flows through the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge.[5] The entire river is within the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.[1]
Innoko is a Deg Hit’an name for the river.[6] The Russian colonial administrators also called the river Shiltonotno, Legon or Tlegon, Chagelyuk or Shageluk and Ittege at various times in the 19th century.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Innoko River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
- ^ "Rivers Network". 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Rivers Network". 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 100, 131. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
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