Anaktuvuk River
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Anaktuvuk River Anukturuk River |
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| Water code | US : 1398236 | |
| location | North Slope Borough in Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Colville River | |
| Drain over | Colville River → Arctic Ocean | |
| source |
Endicott Mountains ( Brooks chain ) 68 ° 0 '0 " N , 150 ° 45' 0" W |
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| muzzle |
Colville River Coordinates: 69 ° 31'0 " N , 151 ° 30'0" W 69 ° 31'0 " N , 151 ° 30'0" W. |
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| Mouth height |
39 m
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| length | approx. 215 km | |
| Right tributaries | Kanayut River , Nanushuk River | |
The Anaktuvuk River (also Anukturuk River ) is a 215 km long right tributary of the Colville River in the North Slope in the north of the US state Alaska .
In Inupiaq , the Inupiat language , the name of the river means “place of the cariboucots”, an indication that large herds of caribou pass through here.
It rises in the north of the Brooks range , flows mainly in a northerly direction and flows into the Colville River.
The Kanayut River and the Nanushuk River are the only significant tributaries of the Anaktuvuk River.
Web links
Commons : Anaktuvuk River - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Anaktuvuk River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington , DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library. p74