Nulato River

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Nulato River
Data
Water code US1407323
location Alaska ( USA )
River system Yukon River
Drain over Yukon River  → Bering Sea
Headwaters Nulato Hills
64 ° 26 ′ 39 ″  N , 159 ° 30 ′ 6 ″  W.
muzzle Yukon River at Nulato coordinates: 64 ° 42 ′ 26 "  N , 158 ° 8 ′ 21"  W 64 ° 42 ′ 26 "  N , 158 ° 8 ′ 21"  W
Mouth height 34  m

length approx. 114 km

The Nulato River is a 114 km long right tributary of the Yukon River in western Alaska .

The headwaters of the river are in the Nulato Hills east of the Norton Sound . It flows northeastward and flows into the Yukon River at Nulato .

The name is derived from the name of the Koyukon for the river, which was documented by Lieutenant LA Sagoskin as "R (eka) Nulata" in the 1840s .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Nulato River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey