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Coquille River, Bandon
Coquille River drains a mountainous watershed of about 6.8 million acres (2.7 million ha) with at least 26 named tributaries and flows for about 36 miles (58 km) from the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork to the Pacific Ocean at Bandon, about 26 miles (42 km) north of Port Orford and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Coos Bay, Oregon.
Sixes River, Cape Blanco
Sixes River drains a watershed of about 85,832 acres (34,735 ha) and flows generally west for about 31 miles (50 km) through coastal forests in southwestern Oregon and enters the Pacific Ocean just north of Cape Blanco, about 19 miles (31 km) south-southwest of Bandon and 8 miles (13 km) north-northwest of Port Orford, Oregon.
Auke Creek, Mendenhall Peninsula
Auke Creek lies on the west coast of the Mendenhall Peninsula at the head of Auke Bay—a three‐mile (5 km) inlet at the northern end of Stephens Passage, about 66 miles (106 km) south‐southeast of Haines and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska.
Oso Flaco Creek, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes
Oso Flaco Creek drains a watershed of approximately 7,400 acres (2,995 ha) consisting mostly of agricultural land before forming Oso Flaco Lake, now part of the Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, and then flows into the Pacific Ocean, about 68 miles (109 km) northwest of Santa Barbara and 5 miles (8 km) south of Oceano, California.
Dakavak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve
Dakavak Bay is a 3.4-mile (5.5 km) wide inlet on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, that extends north from Shelikof Strait for about 3 miles (5 km), roughly 87 miles (140 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and 83 miles (134 km) southeast of King Salmon, Alaska.
Kitsault River, Alice Arm
Kitsault River drains a watershed area of about 113,668 acres (46,000 ha), including the Kitsault Glacier that flows out of the Cambria Icefield and several smaller glaciers, and flows generally south for 23 miles (37 km) through the Coast Mountains to the head of Alice Arm, about 37 miles (60 km) south-southeast of Stewart and 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-northwest of Kitsault, British Columbia.
Rincon Creek, Santa Barbara Channel
Rincon Creek is a stream that begins in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Divide Peak, at an elevation of 4,800 feet (1,463 m), and drains a watershed of 9,352 acres (3,785-ha) while flowing generally south for 10 miles (16 km) to the Santa Barbara Channel at Rincon Point, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Ventura and 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Carpinteria, California.
Selawik River, Kotzebue Sound
The Selawik River is about 140 miles (226 km) long, originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, and flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge to Selawik Lake that drains into Hotham Inlet on Kotzebue Sound, about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Kotzebue and 9 miles (14.5 km) west of the village of Selawik, Alaska.
Dry Strait, Stikine River Delta
Dry Strait is a tidal channel in the Stikine Flats, part of the Stikine River delta separating Mitkof Island to the west from Dry Island to the east in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness, about 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Petersburg and 11 miles (18 km) north-northwest of Wrangell, Alaska.
Pitmegea River, Cape Sabine
The Pitmegea River originates at an elevation of about 1,300 feet (396 meters) in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range, and flows northwest for 37 miles (60 kilometers) to the Chukchi Sea at Cape Sabine, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south-southwest of Point Lay and 66 miles (106 kilometers) northeast of Point Hope, Alaska.
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