2014 Map of Meade River B-4 SE

About this map

Arctic tundra and lacustrine patterns dominate this remote Alaskan landscape in the North Slope Borough. The Nigisakruak River meanders through the northern section of the quadrangle, serving as the primary drainage feature for an area defined by countless small thaw lakes and thermokarst depressions. The map illustrates the complex hydrology of the region, where water bodies of varying sizes and shapes create a fragmented land surface typical of the permafrost-underlain terrain near the Beaufort Sea coast. Surveyed across portions of townships including t11n r24w and t12n r24w, this sheet details a wilderness area devoid of permanent infrastructure or settlements, reflecting the environment as it existed in the early twenty-first century.