Alsek River

Alsek River is a wilderness river flowing from into Northern and into . It enters the Gulf of Alaska at Dry Bay. Most of the Alsek River's basin is within protected wilderness areas and National Parks.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Yukon Territory, British Columbia, and Alaska
  • Also known as: Aalseix”, “Alseck River”, “Alsekh River”, “Altsek River”, “Altsekh River”, “Alzech River”, “Harrison River”, “Jones River”, “Reka Alsekh”, and “Riviere de Behring

Alsek River

Latitude
59.12778° or 59° 7′ 40″ north
Longitude
-138.62056° or 138° 37′ 14″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
94F349HH+4Q
Geo­Names ID
5844326
Wiki­data ID
Q1781851
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Alsek River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر ألسك
  • Armenian: Ալսեկ
  • Asturian: Ríu Alsek
  • Catalan: riu Alsek
  • Catalan: Riu Alsek
  • Cebuano: Alsek River (suba sa Canada, British Columbia)
  • Cebuano: Alsek River (suba sa Estados Unidos)
  • Cebuano: Alsek River
  • Chinese: 阿薩克河
  • Chuvash: Алсек
  • Czech: Alsek
  • Dutch: Alsek River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر السيك
  • French: Alsek
  • German: Alsek River
  • Hebrew: אלסק
  • Irish: Abhainn Alsek
  • Italian: Alsek
  • Japanese: アルセック川
  • Malayalam: അൽസെക് നദി
  • Mingrelian: ალსეკი
  • Polish: Alsek
  • Russian: Алсек
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alsek
  • South Azerbaijani: آلسک چایی
  • Spanish: Alsek
  • Swedish: Alsek River
  • Ukrainian: Алсек
  • Venetian: Alsek
  • Welsh: Afon Alsek
  • Western Panjabi: دریاۓ السک

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alsek River”. Photo: Dgp38, CC BY 3.0.