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.
USGS, Public domain.- Stream
- Description: river in Alaska
- Also known as“Coleville River”“Colvile River”“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”
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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.
نهر كولفيلArabic
نهر كولفيل (ألاسكا)Arabic
Ríu ColvilleAsturian
КолвілBelarusian
КолвилBulgarian
Колвил (река)Bulgarian
Riu ColvilleCatalan
Colville RiverCebuano
柯爾維爾河Chinese
科威爾河Chinese
科尔维尔河Chinese
科爾維爾河Chinese
ColvilleCzech
Colville RiverDanish
Colville RiverDutch
نهر كولڤيلEgyptian Arabic
KuukpikInupiaq
Abhainn ColvilleIrish
ColvilleItalian
コルヴィル川Japanese
コルビル川 (アラスカ州)Japanese
KolvilisLithuanian
კოლვილიMingrelian
კოლვილი (წყარმალუ)Mingrelian
ColvilleNorwegian
ColvilleNorwegian Bokmål
Colville RiverNorwegian Bokmål
ColvillePolish
КолвиллRussian
Колвилл (река)Russian
Colville IrmağıTurkish
Colville NehriTurkish
КолвіллUkrainian
ColvilleVenetian
Afon ColvilleWelsh
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