Taweh Creek Big Sheep Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
District | Cassiar Land District |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Big Raven Plateau |
• location | Tahltan Highland |
• coordinates | 57°37′08″N 130°39′09″W / 57.61889°N 130.65250°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,870 m (6,140 ft)[1] |
Mouth | Mess Creek |
• coordinates | 57°41′53″N 130°57′35″W / 57.69806°N 130.95972°W[1] |
• elevation | 558 m (1,831 ft)[1] |
Length | 25 km (16 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 159 km2 (61 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• average | 4.32 m3/s (153 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Sezill Creek |
Topo map | NTS 104G10 Mount Edziza |
Taweh Creek is a tributary of Mess Creek, which in turn is a tributary of the Stikine River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[3][4] It flows generally northwest for about 25 km (16 mi) to join Mess Creek about 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Mess Creek's confluence with Raspberry Creek.[1][3] Taweh Creek's watershed covers 159 km2 (61 sq mi) and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 4.32 m3/s (153 cu ft/s).[2] The mouth of Taweh Creek is located about 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Telegraph Creek, about 60 km (37 mi) west-southwest of Iskut and about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Dease Lake.[1] Taweh Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 41.3% barren, 21.1% shrubland, 20.7% conifer forest, 8.4% herbaceous, 8.1% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover.[2]
Taweh Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[5][6]