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  Location of the mouth of the Meade River in Alaska | |
| Native name | Kuulugruaq (Inupiaq) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Kulugra Ridge |
| • location | National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska |
| • coordinates | 69°21′42″N 158°42′22″W / 69.36167°N 158.70611°W / 69.36167; -158.70611 |
| • elevation | 891 ft (272 m) |
| Mouth | Admiralty Bay |
| • location | Beaufort Sea |
| • coordinates | 70°54′12″N 155°57′27″W / 70.90333°N 155.95750°W / 70.90333; -155.95750 |
| • elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Basin size | 1,790 sq mi (4,600 km) at Atqasuk, Alaska |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Atqasuk, Alaska |
| • average | 702 cu ft/s (19.9 m/s) |
| • maximum | 55,400 cu ft/s (1,570 m/s) |
The Meade River (Iñupiaq: Kuulugruaq) flows into Admiralty Bay along the North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins near Kulugra Ridge in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and flows generally north past Atqasuk to the bay at the southern end of Dease Inlet on the Beaufort Sea.
See also
References
- ^ "Meade River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- "USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics for the Nation".
- "Peak Streamflow for Alaska".
- Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
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