Kuskokwim

American

[kuhs-kuh-kwim] / ˈkʌs kəˌkwɪm /

noun

a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1,170 km) long.

Kuskokwim British

/ ˈkʌskəˌkwɪm /

noun

a river in SW Alaska, rising in the Alaska Range and flowing generally southwest to Kuskokwim Bay an inlet of the Bering Sea. Length: about 970 km (600 miles)

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More than 30 Alaska Native villages depend on the Kuskokwim for their subsistence living.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

Engram chose sections of eight rivers: the Colville, Noatak, Tanana, Yukon, Kantishna, Innoko, Copper and Kuskokwim, listed here in descending order of latitude.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

Federal officials argue that state regulators tried to usurp control of fishing along the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska, where salmon make up about half of all food produced in the region.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2023

At least two homes in Red Devil, another Kuskokwim River community, also flooded.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023

I found a cariboo belt in the brush near camp—the kind they make on the Kuskokwim, Father Orion's country.

From Pardners by Rex Ellingwood Beach

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