Awuna River
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| Awuna River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Swamp north of Lookout Ridge |
| • location | National Petroleum Reserve |
| • coordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.[1] |
| • elevation | 1,202 ft (366 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Colville River |
• location | West of Angoyakvik Pass, National Petroleum Reserve |
• coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).[1] |
• elevation | 722 ft (220 m)[1] |
| Length | 200 mi (320 km)[1] |
The Awuna River[pronunciation?] also called Sakvailak by the Iñupiat is a 200-mile (320 km) tributary of the Colville River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Located entirely within the National Petroleum Reserve, it arises in a swamp north of Lookout Ridge in the North Slope Borough.[3] It flows generally east to meet the larger river west of Angoyakvik Pass.[3]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The river's name Awuna means "westward" or Uwanmun. The name given to the river now by the Iñupiat is Sakvailak.[1][4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Dictionary of Alaska Place Names
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