Eek River
Encyclopedia
The Eek River is a river
of Alaska
. It parallels, and is located south of the Kwethluk and north of the Kanektok
Rivers, all of which feed into the Kuskokwim River
. It is about 75 miles long, flows through the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
and becomes a tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the Eek
area of western Alaska . Salmon
and Grayling
inhabit the river.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. It parallels, and is located south of the Kwethluk and north of the Kanektok
Kanektok River
The Kanektok River is a river in Alaska. It is located in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge and flows westward from Pegati Lake and into the Bering Sea at the city of Quinhagak.-See also:*List of Alaska rivers*Togiak Wilderness...
Rivers, all of which feed into the Kuskokwim River
Kuskokwim River
The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth largest river in the United States by average discharge volume at its mouth and seventeenth largest by basin drainage area.The river provides the principal drainage for an area of the...
. It is about 75 miles long, flows through the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge covering about in southwestern Alaska. It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, only slightly smaller than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is a coastal plain extending to the...
and becomes a tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the Eek
Eek, Alaska
Eek is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 280.-Geography:Eek is located at ....
area of western Alaska . Salmon
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
and Grayling
Grayling (genus)
Thymallus is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is T. thymallus, the grayling. The genus's five distinct species are generically called graylings, but without qualification this also refers...
inhabit the river.