Salcha River

Salcha River
Salcha River
	Location of the mouth of the Salcha River in Alaska
Native name	Sołchaget (Lower Tanana)
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Fairbanks North Star
Physical characteristics
Source	Tanana Hills
• location	slightly south of Steese National Conservation Area, northeastern Fairbanks North Star Borough
• coordinates	65°04′23″N 143°54′58″W / 65.07306°N 143.91611°W
• elevation	4,054 ft (1,236 m)
Mouth	Tanana River
• location	33 miles (53 km) southeast of Fairbanks
• coordinates	64°28′00″N 146°58′44″W / 64.46667°N 146.97889°W
• elevation	640 ft (200 m)
Length	125 mi (201 km)
Basin size	2,170 sq mi (5,600 km2)
Discharge
• location	2 miles (3.2 km) from the mouth
• average	1,601 cu ft/s (45.3 m3/s)
• minimum	60 cu ft/s (1.7 m3/s)
• maximum	97,000 cu ft/s (2,700 m3/s)

The Salcha River (Lower Tanana: Sołchaget) is a 125-mile (201 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1] Rising in the eastern part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough east of Fort Wainwright, it flows generally west-southwest to meet the larger river at Aurora Lodge,^[4] 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Fairbanks.^[1]

The Salcha drains an area of 2,170 square miles (5,620 km²), making it the second-largest tributary of the Tanana.^[5] The Trans-Alaska Pipeline crosses under the Salcha approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of the mouth of the river.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Salcha River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Water-Data Report 2012: USGS 15484000: Salcha River near Salchaket, AK" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 116, 127–28. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
^ "Navigability of Salcha River in the Tanana River Region" (PDF). U.S. Bureau of Land Management. September 29, 2005. pp. 6–10. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

[gnis-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Salcha River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

[2] Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.

[discharge-3] "Water-Data Report 2012: USGS 15484000: Salcha River near Salchaket, AK" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

[DeLorme-4] Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 116, 127–28. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.

[navreport-5] "Navigability of Salcha River in the Tanana River Region" (PDF). U.S. Bureau of Land Management. September 29, 2005. pp. 6–10. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

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Salcha River
Location of the mouth of the Salcha River in Alaska
Native name	Sołchaget (Lower Tanana)
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Fairbanks North Star
Physical characteristics

Source	Tanana Hills
• location	slightly south of Steese National Conservation Area, northeastern Fairbanks North Star Borough
• coordinates	65°04′23″N 143°54′58″W / 65.07306°N 143.91611°W / 65.07306; -143.91611^[1]
• elevation	4,054 ft (1,236 m)^[2]

Mouth	Tanana River^[1]
• location	33 miles (53 km) southeast of Fairbanks
• coordinates	64°28′00″N 146°58′44″W / 64.46667°N 146.97889°W / 64.46667; -146.97889^[1]
• elevation	640 ft (200 m)^[1]
Length	125 mi (201 km)^[1]
Basin size	2,170 sq mi (5,600 km²)^[3]

Discharge
• location	2 miles (3.2 km) from the mouth^[3]
• average	1,601 cu ft/s (45.3 m³/s)^[3]
• minimum	60 cu ft/s (1.7 m³/s)
• maximum	97,000 cu ft/s (2,700 m³/s)