Selawik Lake
| Selawik Lake | ||
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| Waters | Chukchi Sea | |
| Land mass | North America | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 30 ′ N , 160 ° 41 ′ W | |
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| width | 25 km | |
| depth | 45 km | |
| surface | 1046 km² | |
| Coastline | 135 km | |
| Tributaries | Selawik River , Mangoak River, Singauruk River, outflow from Inland Lake and Tuklomarak Lake | |
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The Selawik Lake , is often an inland bay as a lake called, in the northwest of Alaska .
The 1046 km² large body of water has a lengthwise extension in ESE direction of 45 km and a width of 25 km. The most important tributary is the Selawik River . Other tributaries are the Mangoak River in the southeast and the Singauruk River in the north. Furthermore, the lakes Inland Lake and Tuklomarak Lake to the east have a common drain to Selawik Lake. In the west there is a 1.5 km wide opening to Hotham Inlet , which in turn has a connection to Kotzebue Sound and the open sea. To the southwest, the Baldwin Peninsula separates Selawik Lake from the sea. In the northwest is the delta of the Kobuk River .
The water surface of Selawik Lake freezes in winter. A regional white salmon population winters in Selawik Lake and migrates to the upper reaches of the Selawik River to spawn in summer. The fish species gives the bay its name. "Siilvik" is the Inupiaq name for Selawik and means "place of the Sheefish".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile of the People and Land of the United States , archived article from the National Atlas, accessed November 18, 2018.
- ↑ Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska . US Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved December 11, 2017.