Meade River | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Meade River in Alaska |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
Subdivision Name4: | North Slope |
Discharge1 Location: | Atqasuk, Alaska |
Discharge1 Avg: | 702cuft/s[1] |
Discharge1 Max: | 55400cuft/s[2] |
Source1: | Kulugra Ridge |
Source1 Location: | National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska |
Source1 Coordinates: | 69.3617°N -158.7061°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 891feet[4] |
Mouth: | Admiralty Bay |
Mouth Location: | Beaufort Sea |
Mouth Coordinates: | 70.9033°N -155.9575°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Basin Size: | 1790sqmi at Atqasuk, Alaska |
The Meade River (Iñupiaq: Kuulugruaq) is a river in the North Slope region of the U.S. state of Alaska,[3] beginning near Kulugra Ridge in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and flowing generally north past Atqasuk to Admiralty Bay, where it empties into the southern end of the Dease Inlet on the Beaufort Sea.[5]