Joshua Green River

River in Alaska, the United States of America

Joshua Green River

Location of the mouth of the Joshua Green River in Alaska

Location
Country| United States
State| Alaska
Borough| Aleutians East
Physical characteristics
Source| Aleutian Range
• location| Izembek Wilderness
• coordinates| 55°20′20″N 162°28′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.33889°N 162.46667°W﻿ / 55.33889; -162.46667[1]
• elevation| 13 ft (4.0 m)[2]
Mouth| Bristol Bay on the Bering Sea[1]

• location

| 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Cold Bay

• coordinates

| 55°23′30″N 162°29′10″W﻿ / ﻿55.39167°N 162.48611°W﻿ / 55.39167; -162.48611[1]

• elevation

| 7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Length| 15 mi (24 km)[3]

The Joshua Green River is a stream, 15 miles (24 km) long, in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It flows generally northwest across the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge from its source in the Aleutian Range of the Alaska Peninsula into Moffet Lagoon, Bristol Bay, on the Bering Sea.[4] The river's mouth is 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Cold Bay.[3]

## See also[edit]

* List of rivers of Alaska

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "Joshua Green River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
2. ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
3. ^ a b c Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 478\. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
4. ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 138–39. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.

## External links[edit]

* Joshua Green River fish survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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