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C 89.1 TLIKAKIIA RIVER (Lake Clark) 



LOCATION: 60°22'36" K. I'^^'Xj "^k" W. 



PREVIOUS NAMES OR NUMBERS: lU, Big River 



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



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 



TOTAL LENGTH: 50.0 miles 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE TO SALMON: 50.0 miles 



AVERAGE WIDTH: 300' RANGE: 



AVERAGE DEPTH: RANGE: 



TOTAL ACCESSIBLE SPAWNING AREA: 7,688,924 sqiiare yards (1588,6 acres) 



POTENTIAL SPAWNING AREA: 0^, square yards 



BOTTOM QUALITY: Bottom unstable. 



WATERSHED: 65O square miles. A deep glacial valley heavily forested vith 

 spruce, birch, and cottonwood along valley floor, barren above. Sub- 

 ject to frequent severe flooding, glacial. Source: surface runoff and 

 glaciers . 



GRADIENT: 



WATER VELOCITY: I.5 fps (July ik, I962). RANGE: 

 Measured at one channel. 



FLOW: RANGE: 



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POOLS AND RIFFLES: 



