page_title: Kivalina River
hierarchical_section_title: Kivalina River
caption_attribution_description: Adapted from Wikipedia's AK borough maps by Seth Ilys.
context_page_description: The Kivalina River is a 60-mile-long river in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska, flowing into Kivalina Lagoon in the Northwest Arctic Borough. It begins in the De Long Mountains and flows southwest 60 miles through Kivalina Lagoon to the Chukchi Sea. Its Inuit name was spelled "Kuveleek" by Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, United States Navy, in 1885, and its present spelling was adopted in 1904.
  The village of Kivalina is located on a reef at the mouth of the river.
context_section_description: The Kivalina River is a 60-mile-long (97 km) river in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska, flowing into Kivalina Lagoon in the Northwest Arctic Borough. It begins in the De Long Mountains and flows southwest 60 miles (97 km) through Kivalina Lagoon to the Chukchi Sea. Its Inuit name was spelled "Kuveleek" by Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, United States Navy, in 1885, and its present spelling was adopted in 1904.
  The village of Kivalina is located on a reef at the mouth of the river.
caption: Location of Kivalina, Alaska
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