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 C 45.2 CHULITNA RIVER (Lake Clark) 



LOCATION: 60*11 '42" N. 154''39'00" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: None 



U.S.G.S. MAP: Lake Clark, 1:250,000 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: l6.0 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: l6.0 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 50' RANGE: 



AVERAGE DEPTH: RANGE: 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 469,480 square yards (97-0 acres) 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 19^, 88,088 square yards (l8.2 acres) 



BOTTOM QUALITY: Poor spawning facilities, mostly silt. One 3- mile section 

 appeared about '^Qfjo spawnable. 



WATERSHED: 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: 1.5-2.0 fps in spawnable section 



FLOW: RANGE: 



AIR TEMPERATURE: 15.0" C. (J\ily l4, I962) 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 13.0° C. (Jiily l4, I962) 



POOLS AND RIFFLES: 



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