Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge

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National Wildlife Refuge protected area wetland ecosystem

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge is a vast protected wetland and coastal ecosystem in Alaska renowned for its rich biodiversity and critical habitat for migratory birds, fish, and marine mammals.

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Label	Occurrences
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge canonical	2

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ protected area ⓘ wetland ecosystem ⓘ
allows	subsistence fishing ⓘ subsistence hunting ⓘ
area	approximately 19 million acres ⓘ over 30,000 square miles ⓘ
borders	Bering Sea ⓘ
climate	subarctic ⓘ
contains	coastal lagoons ⓘ numerous rivers and streams ⓘ ponds and lakes ⓘ tidal flats ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
established	1980 ⓘ
establishedBy	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	coastal marshes ⓘ coastal wetlands ⓘ estuaries ⓘ river deltas ⓘ tundra ⓘ
hasIndigenousInhabitants	Yup’ik people ⓘ
importantFor	Pacific Flyway migratory birds ⓘ shorebird nesting ⓘ waterfowl breeding ⓘ
IUCNCategory	IV ⓘ
knownFor	critical habitat for fish ⓘ critical habitat for marine mammals ⓘ critical habitat for migratory birds ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf	Kuskokwim River ⓘ Yukon River ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ western Alaska ⓘ
managingAgency	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
partOf	National Wildlife Refuge System ⓘ
primaryPurpose	conservation of fish and wildlife populations ⓘ protection of migratory bird habitat ⓘ
protectsSpecies	Arctic tern ⓘ Beluga ⓘ surface form: Beluga whale Pacific herring ⓘ Steller’s eider ⓘ black bear ⓘ brant ⓘ brown bear ⓘ caribou ⓘ emperor goose ⓘ marine mammals ⓘ moose ⓘ muskox ⓘ salmon ⓘ sandhill crane ⓘ seals ⓘ shorebirds ⓘ snow goose ⓘ spectacled eider ⓘ walrus ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ

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southwestern Alaska → contains → Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern Alaska

Kuskokwim River → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ