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Tsecha Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
District | Cassiar Land District |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Edziza |
• location | Big Raven Plateau |
• coordinates | 57°46′00″N 130°37′13″W / 57.76667°N 130.62028°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,093 m (6,867 ft)[1] |
Mouth | Kakiddi Creek |
• location | Stikine Plateau |
• coordinates | 57°49′41″N 130°25′55″W / 57.82806°N 130.43194°W[1] |
• elevation | 716 m (2,349 ft)[1] |
Length | 16 km (9.9 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 23.1 km2 (8.9 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• average | 0.423 m3/s (14.9 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Topo map | NTS 104G15 Buckley Lake NTS 104G9 Kinaskan Lake |
Tsecha 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.[3] It flows generally west for about 16 km (9.9 mi) to join Kakiddi Creek about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Kakiddi Creek's confluence with the Klastline River.[3][1] Tsecha Creek's watershed covers 23.1 km2 (8.9 sq mi) and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 0.423 m3/s (14.9 cu ft/s).[2] The mouth of Tsecha Creek is located about 44 km (27 mi) east-southeast of Telegraph Creek, about 26 km (16 mi) west of Iskut and about 73 km (45 mi) south-southwest of Dease Lake.[1] Tsecha Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 47.8% barren, 27.5% conifer forest, 13.1% shrubland, 10.3% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover.[2]
Tsecha Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[4][5]
Tsecha Creek originates from the northern slope of Mount Edziza, a massive glaciated mountain in the middle of the Big Raven Plateau.[4][6] From its source between Pillow Ridge and The Pyramid, Tsecha Creek flows northwest about 8 km (5.0 mi) to the northwestern edge of the Big Raven Plateau. It then flows about 8 km (5.0 mi) east-northeast down the northwestern side of the plateau into Kakiddi Valley where Tsecha Creek drains into Kakiddi Creek at the northeastern boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.[1][4]
The head of Tsecha Creek lies in an area covered by loose black cinders and ash from Williams Cone, the youngest cinder cone in the Desolation Lava Field.[3][7] This lava field is one of the youngest volcanic features of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex which consists of a linear group of volcanoes on the Tahltan Highland.[4][7]
The name of the creek was chosen by surveyors of the Geological Survey of Canada for the creek's association with cinders and ash from Williams Cone. It was first adopted 2 January 1980 on the National Topographic System map 104G/16.[3] Tsecha is a combination of the Tahltan words "tse" and "cha", which mean "rock" and "rain", respectively.[3][7]