Tsirku River Explained

Tsirku River
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Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Tsirku River in Alaska
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Alaska
Subdivision Type4:Borough
Subdivision Name4:Haines
Length:25miles[1]
Source1:Tsirku Glacier
Source1 Location:north slope of Takhinsha Mountains
Source1 Coordinates:59.2972°N -136.4153°W
Source1 Elevation:1460feet[2]
Mouth:Chilkat River
Mouth Location:Klukwan, 21miles southwest of Skagway, St. Elias Mountains
Mouth Coordinates:59.3906°N -135.87°W[3]
Mouth Elevation:56feet

The Tsirku River is a glacier-fed stream in Southeast Alaska near the town of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river's source is found at the Tsirku Glacier, a large, sprawling ice mass at the border of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The river ends in a 40NaN0 wide delta near the Tlingit village of Klukwan. While many of the feeding glaciers are primarily in British Columbia, the river course lies entirely in Alaska.

After the Klehini River, the Tsirku River is the second largest tributary of the Chilkat River.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Orth, Donald J.. United States Geological Survey . Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567. PDF. United States Government Printing Office. 1971. 1967. 988. January 1, 2014.
  2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  3. Web site: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey . January 1, 2000. [{{gnis3|1415434}} Tsirku River]. January 1, 2014.