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Hydrologic data and a proposed water-quality monitoring network for the Kobuk River basin, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, and Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska

Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4141
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri014141

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Abstract

Located in northwestern Alaska, the Kobuk River drains a watershed of approximately 12,300 square miles. Two national parks are located in the basin: the entire Kobuk Valley National Park and and a portion of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Reconnaissance-type water-quality data collected on the Kobuk River and some of its tributaries indicate that the water is of a calcium to calcium-magnesium-bicarbonate type. To design a representative water-quality monitoring network, a geographical information system (GIS) of the Kobuk River Basin was created. The GIS was used with a statistical technique, cluster analysis, to stratify the Kobuk River Basin into different regions. Potential water-quality monitoring sites were then selected from these regions.

Suggested Citation

Brabets, T.P., 2001, Hydrologic data and a proposed water-quality monitoring network for the Kobuk River basin, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, and Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4141, iv, 23 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri014141.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrologic data and a proposed water-quality monitoring network for the Kobuk River basin, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, and Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 2001-4141
DOI 10.3133/wri014141
Year Published 2001
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description iv, 23 p.
Country United States
State Alaska
Other Geospatial Gates of the Arctic National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park and Preserve
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