| Tenchen Creek | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of Tenchen Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Tenchen Glacier |
| • location | Mount Edziza |
| • coordinates | 57°44′07″N 130°32′14″W / 57.73528°N 130.53722°W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,233 m (4,045 ft)[2] |
| Mouth | Kakiddi Creek |
• location | Stikine Plateau |
• coordinates | 57°45′35″N 130°26′15″W / 57.75972°N 130.43750°W[1] |
• elevation | 762 m (2,500 ft)[2] |
| Length | 8 km (5.0 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 42.3 km2 (16.3 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1.01 m3/s (36 cu ft/s)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Topo map | NTS 104G10 Mount Edziza NTS 104G9 Kinaskan Lake NTS 104G16 Klastline River |
Tenchen Creek is a tributary of Kakiddi Creek, which in turn is a tributary of the Klastline River, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[1] It flows generally flows northeast for about 8 km (5.0 mi) to join Kakiddi Creek about 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Kakiddi Creek's confluence with the Klastline River.[1][2] Tenchen is a combination of the Tahltan words "ten" and "chen", which mean "ice" and "dirty" respectively.[1]
Tenchen Creek's watershed covers 42.3 km2 (16.3 sq mi) and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 1.01 m3/s (36 cu ft/s).[3] The mouth of Tenchen Creek is located about 46 km (29 mi) southeast of Telegraph Creek, about 28 km (17 mi) west-southwest of Iskut and about 80 km (50 mi) south-southwest of Dease Lake.[2] Elwyn Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 32.5% barren, 28.4% conifer forest, 27% snow/glacier, 8% shrubland, 3.3% herbaceous, and small amounts of other cover.[3]
Tenchen Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[4][5]
- ^ a b c d "Tenchen Creek". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f Elevation, length and coordinates derived from Google Earth and the Canadian Geographical Names Database
- ^ a b c d "Northwest Water Tool". BC Water Tool. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "A 502" (Topographic map). Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia (3 ed.). 1:250,000. 104 G (in English and French). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Markey, Sean; Halseth, Greg; Manson, Don (2012). Investing in Place: Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia. University of British Columbia Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7748-2293-0.