Anvik ( Eng. Anvik River ) - a river in the western state of Alaska , USA . Right tributary of the Yukon . The river is 225 [2] km long. It flows mainly in the south and southeast directions. The mouth is 2.4 km north of the city of Anvik [2] .
| Anvik | |
|---|---|
| English Anvik river | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 225 km |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Height | 548 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Yukon |
| • Height [?] | 16 [1] m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Anvik → Yukon → Pacific Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Alaska |
| Area | Yukon-Koyukuk |
A large population of chum salmon lives in Anvik [3] . The river is a good place for catching four species of salmon , as well as pike , nelma , Arctic char , rainbow trout and European grayling [4] .
For the first time in January 1834 the Russian navigator Andrei Glazanov entered the mouth of the river. The name of the river was first recorded in the 1842-1844s by the Russian naval officer L. A. Zagoskin as “the Anvig River” [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 U.S. Geographic Names Information System: Anvik (river )
- ↑ 1 2 Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 . - University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1971. - P. 82.
- ↑ Dunbar, RD Anvik River Sonar Chum Salmon Escapement Study, 2003: Fishery Data Series No. 07-15 unopened (PDF). Alaska Department of Fish and Game (2007). Date of treatment October 2, 2013.
- ↑ Jettmar, Karen. The Alaska River Guide: Canoeing, Kayaking, and Rafting in the Last Frontier. - 3rd. - Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press, 2008. - P. 90–91. - ISBN 978-0-89732-957-6 .