Kobuk River
The Kobuk River is a river located in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States. It is approximately 280 miles long. Draining a basin with an area of 12,300 square miles, the Kobuk River is among the largest rivers in northwest Alaska with widths of up to 1500 feet and flow at a speed of 3–5 miles per hour in its lower and middle reaches.- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in the United States of America
- Category: river
- Location: Alaska, United States, North America
Latitude 66.9211° or 66° 55' 16" north | Longitude -160.8133° or 160° 48' 48" west |
Elevation 10 feet (3 metres) | GeoNames ID 5866560 |
Also Known As
- Catalan: Riu Kobuk
- Catalan: riu Kobuk
- Cebuano: Kobuk River
- Chinese: 科布克河
- Czech: Kobuk
- Danish: Kobuk River
- Dutch: Kobuk River
- Egyptian Arabic: نهر كوبوك
- French: Kobuk
- German: Kobuk River
- Inupiaq: Kuuvak
- Irish: Abhainn Kobuk
- Italian: Kobuk (fiume)
- Japanese: コバック川
- Norwegian: Kobuk
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kobuk (elv)
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kobuk River
- Persian: رود کبوک
- Russian: Кобук (река)
- Russian: Кобук
- Ukrainian: Кобук
- Welsh: Afon Kobuk
- Holoatna
- Holooatna
- Kooak River
- Koowak River
- Kopak River
- Kowak River
- Kowuk River
- Kubuck River
- Kubuk River
- Kuvuk River
- Putnam River
In the Area
Localities
- Tenmile Post3 miles southeast
- Old Kotzebue8 miles southwest
- NoorvikCity, 9 miles southwest
- KianaCity, 11 miles east
Landmarks
- Water StoragePublic building, 8 miles southwest
- Old Friends ChurchChurch, 8 miles southwest
- Teen CenterPublic building, 9 miles southwest
- Friends ChurchChurch, 9 miles southwest
Other Places
- Oksik ChannelStream, 2½ miles southwest
- Oksik CreekStream, 3 miles south
- Noorvik Fire DepartmentBuilding, 8 miles southwest
- Okok Point9 miles east
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