Buckland River facts for kids
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 Location of the mouth of the Buckland River in Alaska
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| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Northwest Arctic |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Confluence of the river's north and south forks South of the Selawik Hills, Seward Peninsula 146 ft (45 m) 65°45′00″N 160°02′23″W / 65.75000°N 160.03972°W |
| River mouth | Eschscholtz Bay on Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Selawik 0 ft (0 m) 66°14′36″N 161°02′39″W / 66.24333°N 161.04417°W |
| Length | 67 mi (108 km) |
The Buckland River is a river in Alaska, a state in the United States. It is about 67 miles (108 km) long. The river flows towards the northwest.
It ends in Eschscholtz Bay, which is part of the Chukchi Sea. This bay is about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of a town called Selawik. The river is located in the Northwest Arctic Borough.
How the Buckland River Got Its Name
The Buckland River was named in 1826. A naval officer named Frederick William Beechey gave it this name. He named it after a geology professor from the University of Oxford in England.
Local people had different names for the river. The Inupiaq people called it Kaniq. Other names from the 1800s included Kanyk (a Russian translation of the Inuit name) and Kotsokhotana (from the Koyukon Indian language). Another Inuit translation was Kung-uk.
