Meade
Meade is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 70.02°, -157.26°
About Meade
The Meade River (Iñupiaq: Kuulugruaq) is a river in the North Slope region of the U.S. state of Alaska, 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.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Meade River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Meade: Key Facts
| Length | 404 km |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Admiralty Bay |
| Tributaries | Shaningarok Creek, Kaksu River, Usuktuk River, Nigisaktuvik River |
Facts from Wikidata Q2412334 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Meade: Quick Answers
- Where is Meade?
- Meade is located in United States, at 70.0241° N, 157.2559° W.
- Are there dams on the Meade?
- No dam on the Meade is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.