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

A flood warning was in effect until Monday morning for the Kuskokwim River.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 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

Kwigillingok is on the western shore of Kuskokwim Bay on the edge of the Bering Sea.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

I had long desired to visit Lake Minchúmina and its little band of Indians, and to pass through the upper Kuskokwim country.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Stuck, Hudson

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