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Megatushon Creek
Megatushon Creek is located in British Columbia
Megatushon Creek
Mouth of Megatushon Creek
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Cassiar Land District
Physical characteristics
Main source Level Mountain
Nahlin Plateau
1,555 m (5,102 ft)
58°29′40″N 131°15′31″W / 58.49444°N 131.25861°W / 58.49444; -131.25861
River mouth Nahlin River
995 m (3,264 ft)
58°35′57″N 131°5′16″W / 58.59917°N 131.08778°W / 58.59917; -131.08778
Length 22 km (14 mi)
Basin features
Basin size 52.7 km2 (20.3 sq mi),
Topo map NTS 104J11 Granite Lake

Megatushon Creek is a tributary of the Nahlin River, part of the Taku River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally northeast and east for roughly 22 km (14 mi) to join the Nahlin River not far from the Nahlin's source south of Tachilta Lakes. Megatushon Creek's watershed covers 52.7 km2 (20.3 sq mi), and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 1.03 m3/s (36 cu ft/s). The mouth of Megatushon Creek is located about 65 km (40 mi) west of Dease Lake, British Columbia, about 78 km (48 mi) north of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, and about 120 km (75 mi) east of Juneau, Alaska. Megatushon Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 34.8% barren, 32.3% shrubland, 24.8% conifer forest, and small amounts of other cover.

Megatushon Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tlingit Taku River Tlingit First Nation and the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people.

Geography

Megatushon Creek originates on the east side of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, near the headwaters of the Little Tuya River, Kaha Creek, Lost Creek, and Beatty Creek, and about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Meszah Peak, the highest peak of the Level Mountain Range, a cluster of bare peaks on the summit of Level Mountain. The creek flows north, northwest, and east, first through Level Mountain's high and relatively barren lava plateau, then through rugged forested terrain, before emptying into the Nahlin River.

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