Tsecha Creek

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'''Tsecha Creek''' is a [[tributary]] of [[Kakiddi Creek]], which in turn is a tributary of the [[Klastline River]], part of the [[Stikine River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]] in northwest part of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[British Columbia]], Canada.<ref name="bcgnis">{{BCGNIS|23846|Tsecha Creek|access-date=2023-10-04}}</ref> It flows generally west for about {{convert|16|km|abbr=on}} to join [[Kakiddi Creek]] about {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} south of Kakiddi Creek's confluence with the Klastline River.<ref name="bcgnis"/><ref name="KF"/> Tsecha Creek's [[drainage basin|watershed]] covers {{convert|23.1|km2|abbr=on}} and its mean annual [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] is estimated at {{convert|0.423|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}.<ref name=watertool/> The mouth of Tsecha Creek is located about {{convert|44|km|abbr=on}} east-southeast of [[Telegraph Creek]], about {{convert|26|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Iskut]] and about {{convert|73|km|abbr=on}} south-southwest of [[Dease Lake]].<ref name="KF"/> Tsecha Creek's watershed's [[land cover]] is classified as 47.8% [[Barren vegetation|barren]], 27.5% [[Conifer|conifer forest]], 13.1% [[shrubland]], 10.3% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover.<ref name=watertool/>

Tsecha Creek is in [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]] which lies within the traditional territory of the [[Tahltan]] people.<ref name="HR">{{cite map|url=https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502071600/https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg|title=Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia|scale=1:250,000|series=104 G|map=A 502|edition=3|type=Topographic map|publisher=[[Department of Energy, Mines and Resources]]|year=1989|language=en,fr|access-date=2021-09-25|archive-date=2021-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Markey|first1=Sean|last2=Halseth|first2=Greg|last3=Manson|first3=Don|title=Investing in Place: Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Press]]|page=242|year=2012|isbn=978-0-7748-2293-0}}</ref>

==Geography== Tsecha Creek originates from the northern slope of [[Mount Edziza]], a massive glaciated mountain in the middle of the [[Big Raven Plateau]].<ref name="HR"/><ref>{{BCGNIS|2256|Mount Edziza|access-date=2023-10-01}}</ref> From its source between [[Pillow Ridge]] and [[The Pyramid (British Columbia)|The Pyramid]], Tsecha Creek flows northwest about {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}} to the northwestern edge of the Big Raven Plateau. It then flows about {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}} 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.<ref name="KF"/><ref name="HR"/>

==Geology== The head of Tsecha Creek lies in an area covered by loose black [[scoria|cinders]] and [[volcanic ash|ash]] from [[Williams Cone]], the youngest [[cinder cone]] in the [[Desolation Lava Field]].<ref name="bcgnis"/><ref name="Souther">{{cite report|last1=Souther|first1=J. G.|author-link1=Jack Souther|title=The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia|work=[[Geological Survey of Canada]]|publisher=Canada Communication Group|series=Memoir 420|year=1992|isbn=0-660-14407-7|doi=10.4095/133497|doi-access=free}}</ref> This [[lava field]] is one of the youngest volcanic features of the [[Mount Edziza volcanic complex]] which consists of a linear group of [[volcano]]es on the [[Tahltan Highland]].<ref name="HR"/><ref name="Souther"/>

==History== The name of the creek was chosen by surveyors of the [[Geological Survey of Canada]] and was first adopted 2 January 1980 on the [[National Topographic System]] map 104G/16.<ref name="bcgnis"/> Tsecha is a combination of the Tahltan words "tse" and "cha", which mean "rock" and "rain", respectively.<ref name="Souther"/> The name is a reference to the loose black cinders and ash at the head of the creek which rained down from an [[eruption column]] during the eruption of Williams Cone in 630 CE ± 150 years.<ref name="Souther"/><ref>{{cite gvp|vn=320060|title=Edziza: Eruptive History|archive-date=January 14, 2025}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of rivers of British Columbia]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{cite cgndb|id=JBQMM|title=Tsecha Creek}}

[[Category:Cassiar Land District]] [[Category:Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex]] [[Category:Mount Edziza Provincial Park]] [[Category:Tributaries of Kakiddi Creek]] [[Category:Stikine Country]] [[Category:Tahltan place names]] [[Category:Mount Edziza]]