Kivalina River

The Kivalina River 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.

Kivalina River
Location of Kivalina, Alaska
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughNorthwest Arctic Borough
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationDe Long Mountains
Mouth 
  location
Kivalina Lagoon
Length60 miles (97 km)

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

See also

References

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


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