by CoastView | Feb 26, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Bering River starts from a series of ice-marginal lakes and streams draining from the Martin River, Steller, and Bering glaciers, and flows generally south-southwest for 18 miles ( km) to Controller Bay on the Gulf of Alaska, about 63 miles (102 km) west of Cape...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Scotia River starts at an elevation of 5,023 feet (1,531 m) in the Coast Range and flows generally north-northwest for 14 miles (22 km) through the Great Bear Rainforest, draining a watershed of 33,360 acres (13,500 ha) to the southern shore, or left bank, of the...
by CoastView | Feb 23, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Mad River starts in the Coast Range at an elevation of 4,845 ft (1,477 m) and flows generally northwest for 113 miles (182 km), draining a watershed of 318,080 acres (128,722 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean about 12 miles (19 km) north of Eureka and 1.8 miles (3 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Rabbit Creek starts at the outlet of Rabbit Lake, at the base of the west flank of North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex in the Chugach Mountains at an elevation of 3,082 feet (940 m), and flows generally west-northwest for 26 miles (42 km) draining a watershed of 9,152 acres (3,704...
by CoastView | Feb 18, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Sea Caves
Devil’s Punchbowl is a sinkhole formed by a collapsed sea cave over 70 feet (21 m) deep and 100 feet (30 m) in diameter near the mouth of Russian Gulch Creek in Russian Gulch State Park, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Fort Bragg and 1.6 miles (2.6 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 16, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Chignik Lagoon is an embayment that trends southwest for 8.5 miles (14 km) from the head of Chignik Bay to the mouth of Chignik River on the Gulf of Alaska coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 45 miles (73 km) south of Port Heiden and 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of...
