Imuruk Basin

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Imuruk Basin is a large inland water body and drainage basin on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, known for its shallow lagoon-like waters and role in the region’s river and lake system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Imuruk Basin canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
inland water body ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
connectedTo nearby lakes ⓘ
nearby rivers ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainage collects runoff from interior Seward Peninsula ⓘ
ecosystemType Arctic lagoon and wetland system ⓘ
elevation low-lying ⓘ
environment tundra surroundings ⓘ
geologicSetting Bering Land Bridge area ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
hasFunction drainage basin for multiple Seward Peninsula watersheds ⓘ
knownFor importance to regional hydrology ⓘ
lagoon-like morphology ⓘ
shallow depth ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Northwest Alaska ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Alaska

Seward Peninsula ⓘ
locatedNear Bering Sea coast ⓘ
locatedOn Seward Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Bering Land Bridge National Preserve ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
region Arctic-subarctic ⓘ
role central component of Seward Peninsula river and lake system ⓘ
usedFor subsistence activities by local communities ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ
shallow lagoon-like waters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seward Peninsula → contains → Imuruk Basin ⓘ
Teller, Alaska → nearbyBodyOfWater → Imuruk Basin ⓘ
Kigluaik Mountains → drainageTo → Imuruk Basin ⓘ