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## Water and Sediment Quality of the Yukon River and its Tributaries, from Eagle to St. Marys, Alaska, 2002–2003

#### Edited by Mark M. Dornblaser and Douglas R. Halm

| *Large File Warning!*Open-File Report PDF (18 MB)                    Right-Click to 'Save As' or 'Download'*Large File Warning!*Open-File Report PDF (18 MB)                    Right-Click to 'Save As' or 'Download'**Abstract**
The Yukon River basin is a vast and diverse ecosystem covering more than 330,000 square miles, an area larger than Texas. Approximately 126,000 people live within the basin and depend on the Yukon River and its tributaries for drinking water, commerce, and recreational and subsistence fish and game resources.

Much of the Yukon River basin is underlain by permafrost containing vast amounts of organic carbon and nutrients. Recent climatic warming of the basin has resulted in lengthening of the growing season, melting of permafrost, deepening of the soil active layer, drying of upland soils, and shrinking of wetlands. These mostly terrestrial effects also affect the hydrology of the basin, changing the timing, magnitude, and...>>MORE | Version 1.0

Posted September 2006
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*Contains:*Yukon e00 data for download.*Contains:*Yukon e00 data for download. |
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