Sagavanirktok River

River in the United States of America

68°09′48″N 148°55′53″W / 68.16333°N 148.93139°W / 68.16333; -148.93139^[1] • elevation4,986 ft (1,520 m)^[2] MouthSlightly northeast of Prudhoe Bay

• location

Beaufort Sea

• coordinates

70°19′15″N 148°02′10″W / 70.32083°N 148.03611°W / 70.32083; -148.03611^[1]

• elevation

0 ft (0 m)^[1]Length180 mi (290 km)^[3]Basin size5,750 sq mi (14,900 km²)^[4]Discharge • average4,700 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]}

References

^ ^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.