Noatak National Preserve definition of Noatak National Preserve in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Noatak National Preserve, 6,569,904 acres (2,660,811 hectares), N Alaska. The preserve is the largest mountain-ringed river basin in the United States that is still virtually unaffected by human activities. It is a transition zone for plants and animals between arctic and subarctic environments and includes the Grand Canyon of the Noatak River. Proclaimed a national monument in 1978, it was designated a national preserve in 1980. The 330-mi (531-km)

Noatak Wild River, authorized in 1980, lies partially within the preserve and partially in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Alatna Wild River, the 52-mi (84-km)

John Wild River, the 110-mi (177-km)

Kobuk Wild River, part of the 330-mi (531-km)

Noatak Wild River, the 102-mi (164-km)

North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River, and the 44-mi (71-km)
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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