Kuskokwim River

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
breakUpSeason spring
climateTypeAlong subarctic climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Kuskokwim River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kuskokwim River basin
flowsInto Bering Sea
flowsThrough Bethel Census Area
Dillingham
surface form: Dillingham Census Area

Kuskokwim River self-linksurface differs
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

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Holitna River mouthLocatedIn Kuskokwim River
Holitna River isPartOf Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River watershed
Holitna River drainageBasin Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River basin
Yupiit traditionalRegion Kuskokwim River
Stony River tributaryOf Kuskokwim River
Stony River partOf Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River system
Stony River mouthLocatedIn Kuskokwim River
Stony River drainageBasin Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River basin
Oskawalik River locatedIn Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River basin
Oskawalik River tributaryOf Kuskokwim River
Oskawalik River partOf Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River system
Takotna River tributaryOf Kuskokwim River
Takotna River mouthLocatedIn Kuskokwim River
Takotna River partOf Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River watershed
Takotna River drainageBasin Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River basin
Denali massif drainage Kuskokwim River
this entity surface form: Kuskokwim River basin