2006-07-25 08:14:05 · 4 answers · asked by Rubabye 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Q. How many lakes exist in Alaska?
A. Alaska has more than three million lakes over 20 acres each. One of these, Lake Iliamna, is America's second largest fresh water lake.
Q. How many rivers flow through Alaska?
A. Alaska has over 3,000 rivers. The Yukon River discharges 240,000 cubic feet per second at the mouth making it the fifth ranked U.S. river. The Mississippi discharging 640,000 cubic feet per seconds is first. The Yukon River (2,300 miles total, 1,875 in Alaska) ranks third in length of U.S. rivers behind the Mississippi and Missouri.
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2006-07-26 04:44:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
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Q. How many lakes exist in Alaska?
A. Alaska has more than three million lakes over 20 acres each. One of these, Lake Iliamna, is America's second largest fresh water lake.
2006-07-25 08:18:48 · answer #4 · answered by mom2all 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-18 10:32:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. The 3,000,000 over 20 acres is the figure I've seen most often. Some like Illiamna, Becharof and Tustamena are really impressive.
But many, many of them on the North Slope are lakes only by virtue of being a few feet deep. And the "land" around them is squoosey tundra that your boots can sink to water in.
Flying over a few hundred miles of that country and the 3,000,000 figure starts to make sense. Or even to be quite low if you notice how many little 100', 200' and 500' glacial potholes there are. (20 acres is over 1000' in diameter).
So, it certainly beats the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" by a lot.
Off to paddle/portage through 14 of them on Saturday,
David
2006-07-27 01:50:32 · answer #6 · answered by David in Kenai 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋