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〕 | mouth_name = Gwydyr Bay, Beaufort Sea | mouth_location = southeast of Beechey Point〔 | mouth_district = | mouth_region = | mouth_state = | mouth_country = | mouth_note = | mouth_lat_d = 70 | mouth_lat_m = 25 | mouth_lat_s = 28 | mouth_lat_NS = N | mouth_long_d = 148 | mouth_long_m = 52 | mouth_long_s = 15 | mouth_long_EW = W | mouth_coordinates_note = 〔 | mouth_elevation_imperial = 0 | mouth_elevation_note = 〔 | length_imperial = 200 | length_round = 0 | length_note = 〔 | watershed_imperial = 3130 | watershed_round = 0 | watershed_note = | discharge_location = | discharge_imperial = 1400 | discharge_round = 0 | discharge_note = 〔 | discharge_max_imperial = | discharge_min_imperial = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_note = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = |map_alt = | map1 = Alaska Locator Map.PNG | map1_size = 300 | map1_caption = Location of the mouth of the Kuparuk River in Alaska | map1_locator = Alaska |map1_alt = | commons = }} The Kuparuk River is a river in Alaska's North Slope that enters a bay on the Beaufort Sea between Beechey Point and Prudhoe Bay. The north-flowing river is about long,〔 and its delta is about wide.〔 Its Eskimo name appeared on a map drawn in 1901 by a prospector who spelled it ''Koopowra'', which he translated as ''Big River'' (possibly ''Kugauraq''). Kuparuk Mound, a pingo about southeast of Beechey Point, is named after the river. Arctic explorer Ernest de Koven Leffingwell named the mound, which he used as a triangulation station in 1911.〔 The Kuparuk River oil field, the second largest oil field in North America, is centered about west of Prudhoe Bay. Discovered in 1969, it covers about . ==See also== *List of rivers of Alaska 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kuparuk River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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