Kiwalik River
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Kiwalik River Kee-wa-lik River |
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.jpeg) Candle on the Kiwalik River on September 30, 1903 |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1413353 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Kiwalik River | |
| Headwaters | NW flank of Granite Mountain 65 ° 27 ′ 52 ″ N , 161 ° 16 ′ 5 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 400 m | |
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Kotzebue-Sund ( Tschuktschensee ) Coordinates: 65 ° 58 '54 " N , 161 ° 51' 35" W 65 ° 58 '54 " N , 161 ° 51' 35" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 400 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 4 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 100 km | |
| Catchment area | 2072 km² (9 km above the mouth) | |
| Left tributaries | Gold Run, Glacier Creek, Candle Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Quartz Creek, Hunter Creek | |
| Communities | Candle | |
The Kiwalik River is an approximately 100 km long tributary of the Chukchi Sea in the northeast of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska .
The Kiwalik River rises on the northwest flank of Granite Mountain at an altitude of 400 m . It initially flows south around Weather Ridge and then turns to the northwest and finally to the north. The Kiwalik River finally flows into the south bank of the Kiwalik lagoon , which opens 6 km further north to the Kotzebue Sound . In the middle section, the river shows a strongly meandering behavior. The Candle settlement is located 10 km above the estuary on the western bank of the river. The river drains an area of about 2100 km².
The river got its Eskimo name from the British Admiralty in 1880.
