Reindeer River (Yukon River)
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| Water code | US : 1408650 | |
| location | Kusilvak Census Area in Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| Headwaters |
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta 61 ° 29 ′ 41 ″ N , 161 ° 54 ′ 7 ″ W. |
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Yukon River Coordinates: 61 ° 54 '2 " N , 162 ° 39' 51" W 61 ° 54 '2 " N , 162 ° 39' 51" W. |
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0 m
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| length | 97 km | |
The Reindeer River ( English for "Reindeer River") is a 97 km long left tributary of the Yukon River in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in western Alaska .
The headwaters of the river are located a few kilometers south of the Yukon River between Russian Mission and Marshall . It flows northwestward and flows into the Dogtooth Bend east of Pilot Station in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the Yukon.
The aboriginal name for the river was documented by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey as "Nookak".