| Sagavanirktok River | |
|---|---|
 Along the Dalton Highway | |
  Location of the mouth of the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska | |
| 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]
- ^ a b c d "Sagavanirktok River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 824. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help) - ^ a b Benke, Arthur C.; Cushing, Colbert E. (2005). Rivers of North America. Burlington, Massachusetts: Elsevier Academic Press. p. 934. ISBN 0-12-088253-1.
- ^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 135–36. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.