The Kuzitrin River (''Kurritqiun'' in
Inupiaq) is a stream, long, on the
Seward Peninsula
The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales. The peninsula projects about into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi S ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
.
It begins at Kuzitrin Lake in the central region of the peninsula and flows west into the
Imuruk Basin
The Imuruk Basin (''Imaġruk'' or ''Narvaġruk'' in Iñupiaq) is an approximately , long shallow estuary located on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The estuary's drainage basin covers about one quarter of the peninsula. The bas ...
.
The basin drains via the bay of
Port Clarence
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...
to the
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ...
.
Kuzitrin tributaries include the
Noxapaga,
Kougarok,
Kruzgamepa (Pilgrim), and
Kugruk rivers.
The river's name, from
Inupiaq, was recorded in 1900 by the United States Geological Survey. The
United States Board on Geographic Names
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officially adopted the name in 1950.
There is one former village site on the lower Kuzitrin, at
Mary's Igloo. The village is abandoned but is still used for subsistence activities by people from the nearby village of
Teller.
See also
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List of rivers of Alaska
This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are at least fifth-order according to the Strahler method of stream classification, and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more st ...
References
Rivers of Nome Census Area, Alaska
Rivers of the Seward Peninsula
Drainage basins of the Bering Sea
Rivers of Alaska
Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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