Kuskokwim

[ kuhs-kuh-kwim ]

noun

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

Kuskokwim

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Streubel said conditions were made worse by an ice dam that formed near the mouth of the Kuskokwim River.

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times

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

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

From Seattle Times

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