Alaska water resource region facts for kids

The Alaska water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units. These geographic areas contain either the drainage area of a major river, or the combined drainage areas of a series of rivers.

The Alaska region, which is listed with a 2-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC) of 19, has an approximate size of 720,535 square miles (1,866,180 square kilometers), and consists of 6 subregions, which are listed with the 4-digit HUCs 1901 through 1906.

This region includes the drainage within the state of Alaska. Includes all of Alaska.

The Alaska region, with its six 4-digit subregion hydrologic unit boundaries.

List of water resource subregions

Subregion HUC	Subregion Name	Subregion Description	Subregion Location	Subregion Size	Subregion Map
1901	Arctic Slope subregion	The North Slope drainage within the United States that discharges into the Arctic Ocean, including the bays, islands, and associated waters, from the Alaska-Yukon international boundary to Cape Lisburne.	Alaska	81,000 sq mi (210,000 km2)
1902	Northwest Alaska subregion	The coastal drainage from Cape Lisburne to the Yukon River Basin boundary, including the bays, sounds, islands, and associated waters; and St. Lawrence Island.	Alaska	75,000 sq mi (190,000 km2)
1903	Yukon subregion	The Yukon River Basin within the United States, including its delta.	Alaska	204,000 sq mi (530,000 km2)
1904	Southwest Alaska subregion	The coastal drainage from the Yukon River Basin boundary to Kupreanof Point on the Alaska Peninsula, including the bays, islands, and associated waters; and the islands of St. Matthew, Nunivak and Pribilof, and all of the Aleutian Islands.	Alaska	124,000 sq mi (320,000 km2)
1905	South Central Alaska subregion	The coastal drainage within the United States from Kupreanof Point on the Alaska Peninsula to the Alaska-Yukon international boundary and southward to Point Riou, including the bays, islands, sounds, and associated waters.	Alaska	99,000 sq mi (260,000 km2)
1906	Southeast Alaska subregion	The coastal drainage within the United States from Point Riou to the Alaska-British Columbia international boundary, including the bays, islands, sounds, and associated waters.	Alaska	49,000 sq mi (130,000 km2)