Kuskokwim Mountains

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The Kuskokwim Mountains are a rugged, remote mountain range in western Alaska that form part of the headwaters region for several major rivers and support diverse subarctic wildlife.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kuskokwim Mountains canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
access limited road access ⓘ
primarily by air and river travel ⓘ
characteristic remote ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Kuskokwim River ⓘ
ecoregion subarctic ⓘ
elevation approximately 1500 meters ⓘ
approximately 5000 feet ⓘ
fauna Dall sheep ⓘ
black bear ⓘ
brown bear ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
moose ⓘ
subarctic bird species ⓘ
wolf ⓘ
wolverine ⓘ
formsHeadwatersFor Anvik River tributaries ⓘ
Holitna River tributaries ⓘ
Innoko River tributaries ⓘ
Kuskokwim River ⓘ
Nowitna River tributaries ⓘ
Stony River tributaries ⓘ
Yukon River tributaries ⓘ
geologicalType dissected mountain range ⓘ
geology Cretaceous formations ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
highestPoint Dillingham High Point ⓘ
humanPopulationDensity very low ⓘ
landUse subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
western Alaska ⓘ
linked to: southwestern Alaska
namedAfter Kuskokwim River ⓘ
nearbySettlement Aniak ⓘ
linked to: Aniak, Alaska

Bethel region ⓘ
McGrath ⓘ
partOf Alaska Interior ⓘ
linked to: Interior Alaska

Kuskokwim River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kuskokwim River
regionType headwaters region ⓘ
supports subarctic wildlife ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
vegetation boreal forest ⓘ
tundra ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Kuskokwim River → sourceLocatedIn → Kuskokwim Mountains ⓘ
Holitna River → sourceLocatedIn → Kuskokwim Mountains ⓘ