Sagavanirktok River

The Sagavanirktok River or Sag River (Iñupiaq: Saġvaaniqtuuq) is a stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It is about 180 miles (290 km) long and originates on the north slope of the Brooks Range, flowing north to the Beaufort Sea near Prudhoe Bay. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and Dalton Highway roughly parallel it from Atigun Pass to Deadhorse.[5]

Sagavanirktok River
Along the Dalton Highway
Location of the mouth of the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska
Native nameSaġvaaniqtuuq
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughNorth Slope
Physical characteristics
SourceBetween the Endicott and Philip Smith mountains
  locationBrooks Range
  coordinates68°09′48″N 148°55′53″W[1]
  elevation4,986 ft (1,520 m)[2]
MouthSlightly northeast of Prudhoe Bay
  location
Beaufort Sea
  coordinates
70°19′15″N 148°02′10″W[1]
  elevation
0 ft (0 m)[1]
Length180 mi (290 km)[3]
Basin size5,750 sq mi (14,900 km2)[4]
Discharge 
  average4,700 cu ft/s (130 m3/s)[4]

A glaciation happened approximately at the same time as the Illinoian Stage of central North America at the Sagavanirktok River.

See also

References

  1. "Sagavanirktok River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 824. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  4. Benke, Arthur C.; Cushing, Colbert E. (2005). Rivers of North America. Burlington, Massachusetts: Elsevier Academic Press. p. 934. ISBN 0-12-088253-1.
  5. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 135–36. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.



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