The Meade River ( Iñupiaq: ''Kuulugruaq'') is a river in the

North Slope North Slope can refer to: * Alaska North Slope, a region encompassing the northernmost part of the U.S. state of Alaska * North Slope Borough, Alaska, a borough in Alaska whose boundaries roughly coincide with that of the region * North Slope, Taco ...

region of the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

, beginning near Kulugra Ridge in the

National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) is an area of land on the Alaska North Slope owned by the United States federal government and managed by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It lies to the west of th ...

and flowing generally north past

Atqasuk Atqasuk () is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 276 at the 2020 census, and 233 as of the 2010 census. Geography Atqasuk is located at (70.477663, -157.418056), on the Meade River. According to t ...

to Admiralty Bay, where it empties into the southern end of the Dease Inlet on the

Beaufort Sea The Beaufort Sea ( ; ) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Alaska, and west of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a Hydrography, hydrographer. T ...

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Rivers of North Slope Borough, Alaska Rivers of Alaska {{Alaska-river-stub

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