Colville River
The Colville River is a major river of the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska in the United States, approximately 350 miles long. One of the northernmost major rivers in North America, it drains a remote area of tundra on the north side of the Brooks Range entirely above the Arctic Circle in the southwestern corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Alaska
- Also known as: “Coleville River”, “Colvile River”, “Colville Irmağı”, “Goose River”, “Gubik”, “Kang-e-a-nok”, “Kangianik”, “Kar-n’yer-nok”, “Kun-ya-nook”, “Kungyanook”, “Kupik”, “Nig-a-lek Kok”, “Nig’aleh”, “Or-kim-ya-nock”, “Rio Colville”, “Колвилл (река)”, “コルヴィル川”, “柯爾維爾河”, and “科威爾河”
Colville River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: North Slope, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
70.44611° or 70° 26′ 46″ north
Longitude
-150.35778° or 150° 21′ 28″ west
Open location code
C32FCJWR+CV
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Colville River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كولفيل (ألاسكا)”
- Arabic: “نهر كولفيل”
- Asturian: “Ríu Colville”
- Belarusian: “Колвіл”
- Bulgarian: “Колвил (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Колвил”
- Catalan: “riu Colville”
- Catalan: “Riu Colville”
- Cebuano: “Colville River”
- Chinese: “科尔维尔河”
- Chinese: “科爾維爾河”
- Czech: “Colville”
- Danish: “Colville River”
- Dutch: “Colville River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كولڤيل”
- French: “Colville”
- German: “Colville River”
- Inupiaq: “Kuukpik”
- Irish: “Abhainn Colville”
- Italian: “Colville”
- Japanese: “コルビル川 (アラスカ州)”
- Lithuanian: “Kolvilis”
- Mingrelian: “კოლვილი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “კოლვილი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colville”
- Norwegian: “Colville”
- Polish: “Colville”
- Russian: “Колвилл”
- Spanish: “Río Colville”
- Turkish: “Colville Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Колвілл”
- Venetian: “Colville”
- Welsh: “Afon Colville”
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Places to explore: Colville River Delta and Alpine.
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Highlights: Helmericks Airport and Anachlik Island.
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