by CoastView | Feb 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, February 2023, Kachemak, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Grewingk Creek drains a glaciated watershed of 29,138 acres (11,792 ha) and flows generally northwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the terminus lake of the retreating Grewingk Glacier to the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 24 miles (39 km) northeast of...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2023, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Terror Bay is on the northern coast of Kodiak Island and extends about 7 miles (11 km) south from Uganik Passage to the mouth of Terror River in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, about 32 miles (52 km) east-northeast of Larsen Bay and 30 miles (48 km) west-southwest of...
by CoastView | Feb 22, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, February 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Winchuck River starts at an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows generally southwest for 19 miles (31 km) through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest to the Pacific Ocean at Crissey Field, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Crescent City and 4.8 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, February 2023, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Polly Creek and Little Polly Creek drain a combined watershed of 16,113 acres (6,521 ha), on the southern flank of an unnamed ridge that extends southeast from the summit of Mount Redoubt, and flow generally south for 9 miles (14.5 km) and 8 miles (12.8 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 9, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, February 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Clatsop Spit is part of Fort Stevens State Park that projects north from the south bank of the Columbia River and the submerged portion forms the Columbia River Bar, about 80 miles (129 km) northwest of Portland and 9 miles (15 km) west-northwest of Astoria, Oregon....
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Amakdedori Creek drains a watershed of 17,781 acres (7,196 ha) on the eastern flank of the Aleutian Range and flows southeast for 10 miles (16 km) to Kamishak Bay, about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Augustine Island, and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska....