200 

 C 68.6 KIJIK RIVER (Lake Clark) 



LOCATION: 60°17'U8" N. 15i+"'l3'06" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: LI 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: iB.O miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SAmON: iB.O miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 80 ' RANGE: 



AVERAGE DEPTH: RANGE: 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 8k3 ,06h square yards (17^-6 acres) 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 10^, 8i4.,700 square yards (17-5 acres) 



BOTTOM QUALITY: 20fo <l/8", GOffo l/8"-3", 10^ 3"-12", 10^ >12". Poor 

 spawning facilities due to unstable bottom. 



WATERSHED: 291 square miles. A deep glacial valley heavily forested with 

 spruce and birch. Stream very precipitous except in lover 3"^ miles. 

 Subject to occasional severe flooding. Source: lachabuna (ingersol) 

 lake, glacial. 



GRADIENT: h3'/Talle 



WATER VELOCITY: 2.0 fps 



FLOW: 300-500 cfs mean annual discharge RANGE: 



AIR TEMPERATURE: lU.0° C. (July l4, I962) 



WATER TEMPERATURE: 9.0" C. (July Ik, I962) 



P00I5 AND RIFFLES: 



