Deshka River

River in Alaska, United States

Deshka River

Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska

Location of the mouth of the Deshka River in Alaska

Location
Country| United States
State| Alaska
Physical characteristics
Source|
• coordinates| 61°59′15″N 150°23′45″W﻿ / ﻿61.98750°N 150.39583°W﻿ / 61.98750; -150.39583[3]
• elevation| 200 ft (61 m)[1][2]
Mouth|

• location

| Susitna River,
South-West of Willow, Alaska and
North-East of Susitna, Alaska

• coordinates

| 61°41′34″N 150°18′23″W﻿ / ﻿61.69278°N 150.30639°W﻿ / 61.69278; -150.30639Coordinates: 61°41′34″N 150°18′23″W﻿ / ﻿61.69278°N 150.30639°W﻿ / 61.69278; -150.30639[3]

• elevation

| 49 ft (15 m)[3]
Length| 44 mi (71 km)[3]

The Deshka River[pronunciation?][4] is a 44 mi (71 km) long river in southern-central Alaska.

The Deshka River is one of Southcentral Alaska's premier sport fishing streams, with significant runs of Chinook and coho salmon, along with resident grayling, burbot, northern pike, and rainbow trout. Located within a roadless area, access to the river is difficult and is made usually by power boat from the Susitna River or by floatplane. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough owns much of the land along the final ten miles of the Deshka. The impacts of summer recreational use and tourists have caused loss of riparian vegetation and bank erosion along the Deshka's lower reaches, which has been partially remedied through a restoration project in the summer of 2002. .[citation needed]

## Contents

* 1 Watershed
* 1.1 Tributaries
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Watershed[edit]

Heads at the confluence of Kroto Creek[1] and Moose Creek,[2] 3.5 miles (5.6 km) North of Neil Lake, flows south to join the Susitna River.[3]

### Tributaries[edit]

* Kroto Creek[1]
* Moose Creek[2]

## See also[edit]

* List of rivers of Alaska

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kroto Creek
2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moose Creek
3. ^ a b c d e U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deshka River
4. ^ United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code:

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