Coleen River

Coleen River
Coleen River in summer
Country United States
State Alaska
Districts North Slope Borough, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
Source Brooks Range
 - location Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope Borough
 - elevation 4,798 ft (1,462 m) [1]
 - coordinates 68°42′59″N 143°28′36″W / 68.71639°N 143.47667°W / 68.71639; -143.47667 [2]
Mouth Porcupine River [2]
 - location 9 miles (14 km) east of Coleen Mountain, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
 - coordinates 67°04′20″N 142°29′49″W / 67.07222°N 142.49694°W / 67.07222; -142.49694Coordinates: 67°04′20″N 142°29′49″W / 67.07222°N 142.49694°W / 67.07222; -142.49694 [2]
Length 145 mi (233 km) [2]
Location of the mouth of the Coleen River in Alaska

The Coleen River is a 186-mile (299 km) tributary of the Porcupine River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in the Davidson Mountains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and flows generally south-southeast into the larger river east of Coleen Mountain.[3] Its name comes from the French "coline", which means hill.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Coleen River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  • "Coleen River Watershed -- 19040202". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2009-11-29.


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