Description
The Beaver River flows from its headwaters through thick forest of white spruce and paper birch forests and tundra on the high slopes of the White Mountains, whose limestone peaks reach 3,176 feet on the river's north and east side. The river has plentiful gravel bars and willows grow on its banks.
The lower portion of the creek flows in a very convoluted course through Yukon Flats, an area that contains thousands of lakes. Geographical features of these lowlands include sloughs and oxbow lakes. The Beaver River flows through the heart of Yukon Flats and forms an active alluvial river system in one of the most productive waterfowl breeding areas in North America, and the most productive in Alaska.
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