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The Kuskokwim River is the longest river system contained entirely within a single U.S. state. The river provides the principal drainage for an area of the remote Alaska Interior on the north and west side of the Alaska Range, flowing southwest into Kuskokwim Bay on the Bering Sea. The highest point in its watershed is Mount Russell.
The Kolmakov Redoubt Site is a historic archaeological site on the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska. The site is located downriver from the hamlet of Sleetmute, about 21 miles east of Aniak. The site was the location of a major trading post, which was one of the only ones established deep in the Alaskan interior by the Russian-American Company.
Kuskokwim Bay is a bay in southwestern Alaska, at about It is about 160 km (99 mi) long, and 160 km (99 mi) wide. The Kuskokwim River empties into Kuskokwim Bay.
Aniak is a Yup'ik word meaning "the place where it comes out," which refers to the mouth of the Aniak River where it flows into the Kuskokwim River. [10] This river played a role in the Placer Gold Rush of 1900–01, [11] when prospectors from Nome rushed to the Kuskokwim River Delta after hearing of discoveries [12] along the "Yellow River", later believed to be the Aniak River [13] because ...
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The Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is a river delta located where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers empty into the Bering Sea on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. At approximately 129,500 square kilometers (50,000 sq mi) in size, [ 1 ] it is one of the largest deltas in the world.
The southeast flank of the Kuskokwim Mountains borders the rivers Kantishna, Kuskokwim, Holitna and Kogrukluk. In the northwest lie the Kaiyuh, Russian and Kilbuck Mountains as well as the rivers Innoko, Dishna and Iditarod. The range takes its name from the Kuskokwim River, which flows through the mountains, [2] as well as Aniak and Nowitna ...
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