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| - | + | The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River (''Kusquqvak'' in Central Yup'ik) is a river, approximately 724 miles (1,165km) long, in southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth; seventeenth largest by basin drainage area. The river provides the principal drainage for an area of the remote Alaska Interior on the north and west side of the Alaska Range, flowing southwest into Kuskokwim Bay on the Bering Sea. Except for its headwaters in the mountains, the river is broad and flat for its entire course, making it a useful transportation route for many types of watercraft. It is the longest free flowing river in the United States. It is also the longest river entirely within one state in the U.S., edging out the Trinity River of Texas by .''Kuskokwim'' in Yupik is a loose translation of a Yup'ik word to English. It is a compound word means big slow moving thing. <ref name=wikipedia>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuskokwim_River Kuskokwim River] Wikipedia.ORG. Accessed May 2009.</ref> | |
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Kuskokwim River
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: Bethel AK USA
- Telephone Number: +
- Official Website: []
- Overview
The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River (Kusquqvak in Central Yup'ik) is a river, approximately 724 miles (1,165km) long, in southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth; seventeenth largest by basin drainage area. The river provides the principal drainage for an area of the remote Alaska Interior on the north and west side of the Alaska Range, flowing southwest into Kuskokwim Bay on the Bering Sea. Except for its headwaters in the mountains, the river is broad and flat for its entire course, making it a useful transportation route for many types of watercraft. It is the longest free flowing river in the United States. It is also the longest river entirely within one state in the U.S., edging out the Trinity River of Texas by .Kuskokwim in Yupik is a loose translation of a Yup'ik word to English. It is a compound word means big slow moving thing. [1]
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