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Deshka River

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Main source
  
200 ft (61 m)

Mouth
  
Susitna River

Sources
  
Kroto Creek, Moose Creek

Length
  
71 km

Country
  
United States of America

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River mouth
  
Susitna River, South-West of Willow, Alaska and North-East of Susitna, Alaska 49 ft (15 m)

Deshka river alaska


The Deshka River is a river in southern-central Alaska.

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Map of Deshka River, Alaska, USA

The Deshka River is one of Southcentral Alaska's premier sport fishing streams, with significant runs of Chinook and coho salmon, along with resident grayling, burbot, northern pike, and rainbow trout. Located within a roadless area, access to the river is difficult and is made usually by power boat from the Susitna River or by floatplane. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough owns much of the land along the final ten miles of the Deshka. The impacts of summer recreational use and tourists have caused loss of riparian vegetation and bank erosion along the Deshka's lower reaches, which has been partially remedied through a restoration project in the summer of 2002. .

Alaskan jet dinghy upper deshka river 6 jul 2013


Watershed

Heads at the confluence of Kroto Creek and Moose Creek, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) North of Neil Lake, flows south to join the Susitna River.

Tributaries

  • Kroto Creek
  • Moose Creek
  • References

    Deshka River Wikipedia