Kongakut River ( Eng. Kongakut River ) - a river in the eastern part of the borough North Slope , Alaska , USA . The length of the river is 177 km.
| Kongakut | |
|---|---|
| English Kongakut river | |
 Kongakut River in the summer | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 177 km |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Height | 1683 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Beaufort Sea |
| • Height [?] | 0 [1] m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Alaska |
| Area | North slope |
It originates in the Davidson Mountains (part of the Brooks Range ) in the northeast corner of the state, near the border with the Canadian territory of Yukon . It flows mainly in the north-eastern and northern directions through the territory of the National Arctic Reserve . It falls into the Beaufort Sea [2] .
Translated from Inuit, the name of the river means "deer pond" [1] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 United States Geographic Names Information System: Kongakut (river )
- ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer. - 7th. - Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 2010 .-- P. 137. - ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5 .
- ↑ Orth, Donald (1967) Dictionary of Alaska Place Names Geological Survey professional paper, Volume 567. USGS. Government Printing Office, Washington. pp 539,994