Selawik River

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Selawik River | name_native = {{native name|ik|Siiḷivium Kuuŋa}} | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = Selawik River.jpg | image_caption = Flowing through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge | image_size = 300 | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Alaska | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Selawik River in Alaska  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Alaska | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = District | subdivision_name4 = Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|140|mi|km|abbr=on}}<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|format=PDF|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|year=1971|orig-year=1967|page=852|access-date=September 17, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165933/http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Purcell Mountains | source1_location = Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area | source1_coordinates= {{coord|66|16|52|N|156|50|51|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis"/> | source1_elevation = {{convert|1825|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.</ref> | mouth = Selawik Lake | mouth_location = {{convert|8|mi|km}} north of Selawik, Northwest Arctic Borough | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|66|36|06|N|160|19|47|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = March 23, 2001| url = {{gnis3|1413933}} | title = Selawik River| access-date = September 17, 2013}}</ref> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="gnis"/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = {{Designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = nwsr | designation1_type = Wild {{convert|168.0|mi|km}} | designation1_date = December 2, 1980<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rivers.gov/ |title=National Wild and Scenic Rivers System |website=rivers.gov |publisher=National Wild and Scenic Rivers System |access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> | designation1_number = }} }}

The '''Selawik River''' (Iñupiaq: ''Siiḷivium Kuuŋa''; Koyukon: ''Nozaatne'') is a stream, {{convert|140|mi|km}} long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.<ref name="Place Names"/> Originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, it flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge to Selawik Lake, which empties into the Kotzebue Sound in the Chukchi Sea.<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book|title=Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|page=133|edition=7th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-89933-289-5}}</ref> The river is approximately at the latitude of the Arctic Circle.<ref name="DeLorme"/>

The village of Selawik is along the river near its mouth.<ref name="DeLorme"/> The river is used for subsistence fishing by residents and for rafting and sport fishing by tourists.

==See also== *List of rivers of Alaska

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Category:Rivers of Alaska Category:Rivers of Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Category:Rivers of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Category:Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Category:Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States

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