20 Rivers of Arctic North America

This chapter provides a brief overview of the rivers that lie within the Arctic region of North America, a vast area that encompasses northern regions of Alaska and Canada. It focuses on four rivers (three from Alaska and one from Canada) within the Arctic region. These rivers represent a spectrum from pristine unimpaired waters (the Noatak and Kuparuk rivers) to those potentially influenced by oil development (the Sagavanirktok River) and …