Matsatu Creek, historically called the Matsatu River, is a
tributary of
Kakuchuya Creek and part of the
Taku River watershed
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in northwest part of the
province of
British Columbia,
Canada.
It is located north of the abandoned settlement of
Sheslay in
Cassiar Land District.
From its
source at
Level Mountain, where it has cut a large
gorge
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into its western
escarpment, Matsatu Creek flows generally north and west for roughly
[Length measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, an]
Toporama
/ref> to join Kakuchuya Creek, the main tributary of the Dudidontu River
The Dudidontu River is a tributary of the Nahlin River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It joins the Nahlin River, which forms the Inklin River, one of the main tributaries of the Taku River. The Dudidontu River's wate ...
. The Dudidontu River in turn flows into the Nahlin River The Nahlin River is a river in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada, flowing northwest to meet the Sheslay River, forming there the commencement of the Inklin River, the main southeast fork of the Taku.
The main tributaries of the Nahlin Rive ...
, a tributary of the Inklin River, which flows into the Taku River.[
Matsatu Creek's mean annual ]discharge
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is estimated at .watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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covers .[ The watershed's ]land cover
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is classified as 52.7% barren
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, 28.6% shrubland
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, 10.1% conifer forest
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, 5.0% herbaceous
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, and small amounts of other cover.[
The mouth of Matsatu Creek is located about north of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about west of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about east of ]Juneau, Alaska
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.
Matsatu Creek's watershed is within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people.
Geography
Matsatu Creek originates on the slopes of Meszah Peak,shield volcano
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, which forms the most voluminous and most persistent eruptive centre in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. The source of Matsatu Creek is close to the upper reach of the Koshin River
The Koshin River is a tributary of the Nahlin River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally north about Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, anTopoQuest/ref> to ...
and near the sources of the Little Tuya River, Kakuchuya Creek, and Beatty Creek.[
From its source Matsatu Creek flows north and west through a large gorge in the western escarpment of Level Mountain. As it continues flowing through the Nahlin Plateau, it collects numerous unnamed tributary streams. It flows just south of the headwaters of Lost Creek. Matsatu Creek joins Kakuchuya Creek about east from Kakuchuya Creek's confluence with the Dudidontu River.]
See also
* List of rivers of British Columbia
References
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Cassiar Land District
Level Mountain
Nahlin Plateau
Rivers of British Columbia
Tahltan