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The '''Kivalina River''' is a 60 mile long river in |
The '''Kivalina River''' is a 60 mile long river in the northwestern part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]], located at {{coor dm|67|43|N|164|29|W|}}. It begins in the [[De Long Mountains]] and flows southwest 96 km (60 miles) to Kivalina Lagoon in the [[Chukchi Sea]].<ref>USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1418801 Kivalina River.] Accessed Aug 20, 2007.</ref> |
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The village of [[Kivalina, Alaska|Kivalina]] is located on a reef at the mouth of the river. |
The village of [[Kivalina, Alaska|Kivalina]] is located on a reef at the mouth of the river. |
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The Kivalina River is a 60 mile long river in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska, located at 67°43′N 164°29′W / 67.717°N 164.483°W. It begins in the De Long Mountains and flows southwest 96 km (60 miles) to Kivalina Lagoon in the Chukchi Sea.[1]
The village of Kivalina is located on a reef at the mouth of the river.
Its Inuit name was spelled "Kuveleek" by Lt. G. M. Stoney (1900, map), USN, in 1885. Present spelling adopted in 1904.
References
- ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Kivalina River. Accessed Aug 20, 2007.
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