Sagavanirktok River | |
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Native name | Saġvaaniqtuuq ( Inupiaq) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Borough | North Slope |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Between the Endicott and Philip Smith mountains |
• location | Brooks Range |
• coordinates | 68°09′48″N 148°55′53″W / 68.16333°N 148.93139°W [1] |
• elevation | 4,986 ft (1,520 m) [2] |
Mouth | Slightly northeast of Prudhoe Bay |
• location | Beaufort Sea |
• coordinates | 70°19′15″N 148°02′10″W / 70.32083°N 148.03611°W [1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Length | 180 mi (290 km) [3] |
Basin size | 5,750 sq mi (14,900 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 4,700 cu ft/s (130 m3/s) [4] |
The Sagavanirktok River[ pronunciation?] 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]
A glaciation happened approximately at the same time as the Illinoian Stage of central North America at the Sagavanirktok River.[ citation needed]
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