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The river, and why it is clear

The Wulik from the De Long Mountains to the sea.

Aerial view of a winding river cutting through dense forest and braided wetlands

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A river clear enough to see the bottom of, and that is the point
The Wulik rises in the De Long Mountains and runs to the Chukchi Sea, and its clarity is the baseline every argument about the watershed refers back to.
The mountains that make the water cold
The De Long Mountains are the western end of the Brooks Range, and they set the temperature and the sediment load of everything below.

Northwest Alaska: the Wulik drainageChukchi Sea coast · Northwest Arctic Borough

SettlementIndustrial siteLandform or capeInset: this frame within AlaskaEach marker links to the piece about it

Where this section sits: the Wulik drainage from the De Long Mountains to the Chukchi Sea.

Geometry: project map kit

Elsewhere on the river

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