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Kivalina River

Coordinates: 67°49′03″N 164°40′46″W / 67.81750°N 164.67944°W / 67.81750; -164.67944
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Kivalina River
Location of Kivalina, Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughNorthwest Arctic Borough
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationDe Long Mountains
Mouth 
 • location
Kivalina Lagoon
 • coordinates
67°49′03″N 164°40′46″W / 67.81750°N 164.67944°W / 67.81750; -164.67944
Length60 miles (97 km)

The Kivalina River (Iñupiaq: Kivalliik kuuŋat) is a 60-mile-long (97 km) river in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska, flowing into Kivalina Lagoon in the Northwest Arctic Borough. It begins in the De Long Mountains and flows southwest 60 miles (97 km) through Kivalina Lagoon to the Chukchi Sea.[1] Its Inuit name was spelled "Kuveleek" by Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, United States Navy, in 1885, and its present spelling was adopted in 1904.

The village of Kivalina is located on a reef at the mouth of the river.

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References

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  1. ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Kivalina River. Accessed August 20, 2007.