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Kuskokwim

American  
[kuhs-kuh-kwim] / ˈkʌs kəˌkwɪm /

noun

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


Kuskokwim British  
/ ˈkʌskəˌkwɪm /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Four hours brought us to the military telegraph station at Melozi, and we were able to send word ahead that we were safely out of the Kuskokwim wilderness.

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

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