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Selawik River

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- elevation
  
1,825 ft (556 m)

Source
  
Purcell Mountains

Country
  
United States of America

- elevation
  
0 ft (0 m)

Mouth
  
Selawik Lake

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- location
  
Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area

- location
  
8 miles (13 km) north of Selawik, Northwest Arctic Borough

The Selawik River is a stream, 140 miles (230 km) long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, it flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge to Selawik Lake, which empties into the Kotzebue Sound in the Chukchi Sea. The river is approximately at the latitude of the Arctic Circle.

Map of Selawik River, Alaska, USA

The village of Selawik is along the river near its mouth. The river is used for subsistence fishing by residents and for rafting and sport fishing by tourists.

References

Selawik River Wikipedia