Kobuk River

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The Kobuk River is a major river in northwestern Alaska that flows westward through remote wilderness to Kotzebue Sound above the Arctic Circle.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kobuk River canonical 4
Kobuk River valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Kobuk River basin
flowDirection westward
flowsInto Kotzebue Sound
hasEcosystemType Arctic river ecosystem
hasMouthNear city of Kotzebue
village of Kiana
village of Noorvik
hasRecreationActivity fishing
rafting
wilderness camping
indigenousName Kuuvak
indigenousNameLanguage Iñupiaq
knownFor Arctic sand dunes near its middle course
caribou migration crossings
remote wilderness setting
length approximately 280 miles
approximately 451 kilometers
locatedAbove Arctic Circle
locatedIn Alaska
locatedInBorough Northwest Arctic Borough
locatedInRegion northwestern Alaska
majorTributary Ambler River NERFINISHED
Hunt River NERFINISHED
Kallarichuk River NERFINISHED
Kugururok River
Pah River NERFINISHED
Salmon River (Kobuk River tributary)
Shungnak River NERFINISHED
Squirrel River
mouthLocation Chukchi Sea
Kotzebue Sound
nearbySettlement Ambler, Alaska
Kiana, Alaska
Kobuk, Alaska
Noorvik, Alaska
Shungnak, Alaska
partOf Arctic watershed
passesThrough Kobuk Valley National Park
protectedArea Kobuk Valley National Park
region northern Alaska
surface form: Alaskan Arctic
sourceLocation Brooks Range
Endicott Mountains
usedFor river travel by local Indigenous communities
subsistence fishing
subsistence hunting

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brooks Range majorRiverSource Kobuk River
Kobuk locatedOnRiver Kobuk River
Shungnak locatedOnRiver Kobuk River
Ambler locatedOnRiver Kobuk River
Ambler partOf Kobuk River
this entity surface form: Kobuk River valley