Kobuk River

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The Kobuk River is a major river in northwestern Alaska that flows westward through remote wilderness to Kotzebue Sound above the Arctic Circle.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kobuk River canonical 22
Kobuk River basin 3
Kobuk River valley 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageBasin Kobuk River basin ⓘ
flowDirection westward ⓘ
flowsInto Kotzebue Sound ⓘ
hasEcosystemType Arctic river ecosystem ⓘ
hasMouthNear city of Kotzebue ⓘ
village of Kiana ⓘ
village of Noorvik ⓘ
hasRecreationActivity fishing ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
wilderness camping ⓘ
indigenousName Kuuvak ⓘ
indigenousNameLanguage Iñupiaq ⓘ
knownFor Arctic sand dunes near its middle course ⓘ
caribou migration crossings ⓘ
remote wilderness setting ⓘ
length approximately 280 miles ⓘ
approximately 451 kilometers ⓘ
locatedAbove Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
locatedInBorough Northwest Arctic Borough ⓘ
locatedInRegion northwestern Alaska ⓘ
majorTributary Ambler River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hunt River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kallarichuk River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kugururok River ⓘ
Pah River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salmon River (Kobuk River tributary) ⓘ
Shungnak River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Squirrel River ⓘ
mouthLocation Chukchi Sea ⓘ
Kotzebue Sound ⓘ
nearbySettlement Ambler, Alaska ⓘ
Kiana, Alaska ⓘ
Kobuk, Alaska ⓘ
Noorvik, Alaska ⓘ
Shungnak, Alaska ⓘ
partOf Arctic watershed ⓘ
passesThrough Kobuk Valley National Park ⓘ
protectedArea Kobuk Valley National Park ⓘ
region Alaskan Arctic ⓘ
linked to: northern Alaska
sourceLocation Brooks Range ⓘ
Endicott Mountains ⓘ
usedFor river travel by local Indigenous communities ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brooks Range → majorRiverSource → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kobuk → locatedOnRiver → Kobuk River ⓘ
Shungnak → locatedOnRiver → Kobuk River ⓘ
Ambler → locatedOnRiver → Kobuk River ⓘ
Ambler → partOf → Kobuk River valley ⓘ
linked to: Kobuk River
Kobuk Valley National Park → feature → Kobuk River ⓘ
Alaska river system → hasMajorRiver → Kobuk River ⓘ
Noorvik → locatedOn → Kobuk River ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Noorvik
Noorvik → hasRiverCulture → Kobuk River ⓘ
subject linked to: village of Noorvik
Salmon River (Kobuk River tributary) → partOf → Kobuk River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kobuk River
Salmon River (Kobuk River tributary) → drainageBasin → Kobuk River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kobuk River
Kuuvak → traditionalNameOf → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kuuvak → hasEnglishName → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kobuk, Alaska → locatedOn → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kobuk, Alaska → namedFor → Kobuk River ⓘ
Shungnak, Alaska → locatedOnRiver → Kobuk River ⓘ
Shungnak, Alaska → locatedInEcoregion → Kobuk River valley ⓘ
linked to: Kobuk River
Ambler, Alaska → locatedOnRiver → Kobuk River ⓘ
Noorvik, Alaska → locatedOn → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kiana, Alaska → locatedOnRiver → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kugururok River → partOf → Kobuk River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kobuk River
Kugururok River → tributaryOf → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kugururok River → mouthLocatedIn → Kobuk River ⓘ
Kugururok River → drainageBasin → Kobuk River system ⓘ
linked to: Kobuk River
Squirrel River → tributaryOf → Kobuk River ⓘ
Squirrel River → mouthLocatedIn → Kobuk River ⓘ
Squirrel River → drainageBasin → Kobuk River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kobuk River