Atchuelinguk River
| Atchuelinguk River | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of the Atchuelinguk River in Alaska | |
| Native name | Ecuilnguq (Central Yupik) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Kusilvak |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Nulato Hills |
| • location | Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge |
| • coordinates | 63°02′38″N 161°26′38″W / 63.04389°N 161.44389°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,006 ft (611 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Yukon River |
• location | 25 miles (40 km) west of Marshall |
• coordinates | 61°57′30″N 162°49′38″W / 61.95833°N 162.82722°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
| Length | 266 km (165 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 4,201.6 km2 (1,622.2 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Pilot Station (near mouth) |
| • average | 73.807 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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Atchuelinguk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 23, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
- ^ "Rivers Network". 2020.
- ^ "Rivers Network". 2020.
- ^ Jacobson, Steven A. (2012). Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary, 2nd edition Archived 2017-08-03 at the Wayback Machine. Alaska Native Language Center.
- ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 130–31. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.