Atchuelinguk River | |
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Native name | Ecuilnguq (Central Yupik) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Census Area | Kusilvak |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Nulato Hills |
• location | Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge |
• coordinates | 63°02′38″N 161°26′38″W / 63.04389°N 161.44389°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,006 ft (611 m)[2] |
Mouth | Yukon River |
• location | 25 miles (40 km) west of Marshall |
• coordinates | 61°57′30″N 162°49′38″W / 61.95833°N 162.82722°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
Length | 266 km (165 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 4,201.6 km2 (1,622.2 sq mi)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Pilot Station (near mouth) |
• average | 73.807 m3/s (2,606.5 cu ft/s)[4] |
The Atchuelinguk River (Yup'ik Ecuilnguq, literally "clear water"[5]) Atchuelinguk is a 165-mile (266 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It flows southwest from the Nulato Hills through the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge to meet the larger river near Pilot Station.[6]