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The '''Kuparak River''' is a ] in ]'s ].<ref>USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Accessed Aug 20, 2007.</ref>
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| image_caption = Spring ice breakup in 2011
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| source1_coordinates= {{coord|68|32|15|N|149|14|46|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = January 1, 2000| url = {{gnis3|1405062}} | title = Kuparuk River| accessdate = September 3, 2013}}</ref>
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| mouth = Gwydyr Bay, ]
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The '''Kuparuk River'''{{Pronunciation-needed}} (]: ''Kuukpaaġruk'') is a ] in ]'s ] that enters a bay on the ] between Beechey Point and ].<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book|title=Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|pages=135&ndash;36|edition=7th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-89933-289-5}}</ref> The north-flowing river is about {{convert|200|mi|km}} long,<ref name="Place Names"/> and its ] is about {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} wide.<ref name="Place Names"/> Its ] name appeared on a map drawn in 1901 by a ] who spelled it ''Koopowra'', which he translated as ''Big River''.<ref name="Place Names">{{cite book|last=Orth |first=Donald J. |author2=United States Geological Survey |title=Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 |url=http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf |publisher=United States Government Printing Office|year=1971 |origyear=1967 |page=553 |accessdate=September 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165933/http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf |archivedate=October 17, 2013 }}</ref> ''Kuukpaaġruk'' can be translated to a "smaller version of a big river".
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Kuparuk Mound, a {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} ] about {{convert|12|mi|km}} southeast of Beechey Point, is named after the river. Arctic explorer ] named the mound, which he used as a ] in 1911.<ref name="Place Names"/>

The ], the second largest oil field in North America, is centered about {{convert|40|mi|km}} west of Prudhoe Bay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kuparuk River Field|url=http://alaska.conocophillips.com/EN/news/media/Documents/FactSheet-Kuparuk.pdf|publisher=ConocoPhillips Alaska|date=June 2013|accessdate=September 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418072837/http://alaska.conocophillips.com/EN/news/media/Documents/FactSheet-Kuparuk.pdf|archive-date=April 18, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Discovered in 1969, it covers about {{convert|500|mi2|km2}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=AOGCC Pool Statistics: Kuparuk River Unit, Kuparuk River Oil Pool|url=http://doa.alaska.gov/ogc/annual/current/18_Oil_Pools/Kuparuk%20River%20-%20Oil/Kuparuk%20River,%20Kuparuk%20Riv%20Oil/1_Oil_1.htm|publisher=Alaska Oil and Gas Commission|year=2011|accessdate=September 4, 2013|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702050119/http://doa.alaska.gov/ogc/annual/current/18_Oil_Pools/Kuparuk%20River%20-%20Oil/Kuparuk%20River,%20Kuparuk%20Riv%20Oil/1_Oil_1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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River in Alaska, United States
Kuparuk River
Spring ice breakup in 2011
Kuparuk River is located in AlaskaKuparuk RiverLocation of the mouth of the Kuparuk River in Alaska
Native nameKuukpaaġruk (Inupiaq)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughNorth Slope
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBrooks Range
 • coordinates68°32′15″N 149°14′46″W / 68.53750°N 149.24611°W / 68.53750; -149.24611
 • elevation2,900 ft (880 m)
MouthGwydyr Bay, Beaufort Sea
 • location8 miles (13 km) southeast of Beechey Point
 • coordinates70°25′28″N 148°52′15″W / 70.42444°N 148.87083°W / 70.42444; -148.87083
 • elevation0 ft (0 m)
Length200 mi (320 km)
Basin size3,130 sq mi (8,100 km)
Discharge 
 • average1,400 cu ft/s (40 m/s)

The Kuparuk River (Iñupiaq: Kuukpaaġruk) is a river in Alaska's North Slope that enters a bay on the Beaufort Sea between Beechey Point and Prudhoe Bay. The north-flowing river is about 200 miles (320 km) long, and its delta is about 3 miles (5 km) wide. Its Eskimo name appeared on a map drawn in 1901 by a prospector who spelled it Koopowra, which he translated as Big River. Kuukpaaġruk can be translated to a "smaller version of a big river".

Kuparuk Mound, a 30-foot (9.1 m) pingo about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Beechey Point, is named after the river. Arctic explorer Ernest de Koven Leffingwell named the mound, which he used as a triangulation station in 1911.

The Kuparuk River oil field, the second largest oil field in North America, is centered about 40 miles (64 km) west of Prudhoe Bay. Discovered in 1969, it covers about 500 square miles (1,300 km).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kuparuk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) . Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. p. 553. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Benke, Arthur C.; Cushing, Colbert E., eds. (2005). Rivers of North America. Burlington, Massachusetts: Elsevier Academic Press. p. 933. ISBN 0-12-088253-1.
  5. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 135–36. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
  6. "Kuparuk River Field" (PDF). ConocoPhillips Alaska. June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  7. "AOGCC Pool Statistics: Kuparuk River Unit, Kuparuk River Oil Pool". Alaska Oil and Gas Commission. 2011. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2013.



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