Kuskokwim River

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geographical feature river

The Kuskokwim River is one of Alaska’s longest rivers, flowing through remote western regions to the Bering Sea and serving as a vital transportation and subsistence lifeline for local communities.

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Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → river →
breakUpSeason	spring →
climateTypeAlong	subarctic climate →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
drainageBasin	Kuskokwim River → surface form: "Kuskokwim River basin"
flowsInto	Bering Sea →
flowsThrough	Bethel Census Area → Dillingham → surface form: "Dillingham Census Area" Kuskokwim River → surface form: "Kuskokwim River Valley" Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area →
freezesSeasonally	yes →
freezeUpSeason	late fall →
hasAverageDischarge	several thousand cubic meters per second at mouth →
hasBasinArea	over 120000 square kilometers → over 46000 square miles →
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Athabascan communities → Yupik communities →
hasEconomicActivity	fuel delivery to villages → river barge shipping → transport of building materials →
hasLength	approximately 1130 kilometers → approximately 700 miles →
hasMajorPort	Bethel, Alaska →
hasMajorTributary	Aniak River → George River → Holitna River → Oskawalik River → Stony River → Oskawalik River → surface form: "Swift River" Takotna River →
hasNameEtymology	derived from Yupik language →
hasNameMeaning	roughly means big slow moving thing →
hasNavigationCondition	seasonal ice cover → shallow channels and sandbars → tidal influence near mouth →
hasNearbyProtectedArea	Togiak National Wildlife Refuge → Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge →
hasPrimaryFishSpecies	burbot → chinook salmon → chum salmon → coho salmon → northern pike → salmon → sockeye salmon → whitefish →
isAmong	longest rivers in Alaska →
isHabitatFor	beaver → black bear → brown bear → caribou → migratory waterfowl → moose →
isImportantFor	regional economy of Western Alaska → rural Alaska transportation network → subsistence lifestyle of local communities →
isPartOf	Bering Sea watershed →
isTraditionalTerritoryOf	Gwich’in → surface form: "Athabascan peoples" Alaska Natives → surface form: "Yupik peoples"
locatedIn	Alaska →
locatedInRegion	southwestern Alaska → surface form: "Western Alaska"
locatedOnContinent	North America →
mouthLocatedIn	Bering Sea → Kuskokwim Bay →
passesNear	Aniak, Alaska → surface form: "Akiak, Alaska" Aniak, Alaska → Bethel, Alaska → Crooked Creek, Alaska → Lower Kalskag, Alaska → McGrath, Alaska → Napaskiak, Alaska → Nikolai, Alaska → Red Devil, Alaska → Sleetmute, Alaska → Stony River, Alaska → Tuluksak, Alaska → Upper Kalskag, Alaska →
rankInAlaskaByLength	one of the top three longest rivers entirely within Alaska →
sourceLocatedIn	Interior Alaska → Kuskokwim Mountains →
supportsActivity	commercial fishing → freight transport → small-boat travel →
usedFor	river transportation → subsistence fishing → subsistence hunting → winter ice-road travel →

Referenced by (7)

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

southwestern Alaska → contains → Kuskokwim River →

subject surface form: "Southwestern Alaska"

this entity surface form: "Kuskokwim River lower basin"

Kuskokwim River → drainageBasin → Kuskokwim River →

this entity surface form: "Kuskokwim River basin"

Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta → drainedBy → Kuskokwim River →

Kuskokwim River → flowsThrough → Kuskokwim River →

this entity surface form: "Kuskokwim River Valley"

Central Alaskan Yup’ik → hasDialects → Kuskokwim River →

this entity surface form: "Kuskokwim"

Alaska → hasMajorRiver → Kuskokwim River →

Beaufort Sea → receivesRiver → Kuskokwim River →

this entity surface form: "Colville River"