Atchuelinguk River

River in Alaska, United States
63°02′38″N 161°26′38″W / 63.04389°N 161.44389°W / 63.04389; -161.44389[1] • elevation2,006 ft (611 m)[2] MouthYukon River
 • location
25 miles (40 km) west of Marshall
 • coordinates
61°57′30″N 162°49′38″W / 61.95833°N 162.82722°W / 61.95833; -162.82722[1]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[1]Length266 km (165 mi)[1]Basin size4,201.6 km2 (1,622.2 sq mi)[3]Discharge  • locationPilot Station (near mouth) • average73.807 m3/s (2,606.5 cu ft/s)[4]

The Atchuelinguk River (Yup'ik Ecuilnguq, literally "clear water"[5]) Atchuelinguk is a 165-mile (266 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It flows southwest from the Nulato Hills through the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge to meet the larger river near Pilot Station.[6]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Atchuelinguk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 23, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  3. ^ "Rivers Network". 2020.
  4. ^ "Rivers Network". 2020.
  5. ^ Jacobson, Steven A. (2012). Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary, 2nd edition Archived 2017-08-03 at the Wayback Machine. Alaska Native Language Center.
  6. ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 130–31. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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