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The river, with headwaters above the Arctic Circle in the Endicott Mountains of the Brooks Range, drains an area north of the Yukon River that includes part of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, as well as Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge and Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge.
The Koyuk River (also spelled, Kuyuk) [3] (Inupiaq: Kuuyuk; Yup'ik: Kuiguk) is a river on the Seward Peninsula of western Alaska, in the United States. [1] The river originates in the interior of the peninsula, at the Lost Jim Lava Flow of the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, where it flows southeast towards the mouth of Norton Bay on Norton Sound.
Watershed map of the North Fork Koyukuk River. The North Fork of the Koyukuk River is one of the principal forks of the Koyukuk River, approximately 105 mi (160 km) long, in northern Alaska in the United States. It has a watershed area of 1,850 square miles (4,800 km 2).
The Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge is a 3,500,000-acre (14,000 km 2) conservation area in Alaska. It lies within the floodplain of the Koyukuk River , in a basin that extends from the Yukon River to the Purcell Mountains and the foothills of the Brooks Range .
The Middle Fork Koyukuk River is a 62-mile (100 km) tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Formed by the confluence of the Bettles and Dietrich rivers near Wiseman on the southern flank of the Brooks Range, the Middle Fork flows generally southwest to its confluence with the North Fork Koyukuk River, with which it forms the main stem of the Koyukuk.
South Fork Koyukuk River – 140 miles (230 km) Fish Creek – 60 miles (97 km) Jim River – 60 miles (97 km) John River – 125 miles (201 km) Wild River – 63 miles (101 km) North Fork Koyukuk River – 100 miles (160 km) Tinayguk River – 44 miles (71 km) Middle Fork Koyukuk River – 62 miles (100 km) Hammond River - 38 miles (61 km)
Koyukuk (/ ˈ k aɪ j ə k ə k /) (Koyukon: Meneelghaadze’ T’oh [məniːlʁæːt͡səʔ tʼoh]) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 96, down from 101 in 2000.
The Hogatza River (Koyukon: Hʉgaadzaat No’; Iñupiaq: Kuuġuqpak or Haukaatchiatnaaq) is a 120-mile (190 km) tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Beginning in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, it flows generally southwest to meet the larger river west of Hughes. [3]