Kadleroshilik River

Kadleroshilik River
Location in Alaska
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough North Slope Borough
Physical characteristics
Main source East of Sagwon, Alaska
69°21′38″N 147°33′33″W / 69.3605°N 147.5591°W / 69.3605; -147.5591
River mouth Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean)
0 ft
70°12′26″N 147°36′27″W / 70.2073°N 147.6076°W / 70.2073; -147.6076Coordinates: 70°12′26″N 147°36′27″W / 70.2073°N 147.6076°W / 70.2073; -147.6076
Length 65 mi (104 km)[1]
Basin features
Basin size 500 sq mi (1,290 km2)[1]

The Kadleroshilik River is a 65-mile-long (104 km) stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing south to north, it empties into Foggy Island Bay[2] in the Beaufort Sea, about 20 miles (32 km) east of Prudhoe Bay. It was named by Ernest de Koven Leffingwell for the nearby Kadleroshilik Pingo, the highest known pingo in the world, which Leffingwell also named.[3]

A fish study conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in 1995 reported Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus), Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma), and ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) in the river.[4] An earlier study had also reported the presence of slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus).[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Hemming, Carl R. (April 1996). "Fish Surveys of Selected Coastal Streams Sagavanirktok River to Bullen Point, 1995" (PDF). Alaska Department of Fish and Game. p. 5. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kadleroshilik River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Leffingwell, Ernest de K. (1919). The Canning River Region, Northern Alaska. Washington: GPO. p. 96. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hemming, p. 19.
  5. ↑ Hemming, p. 3.


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