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Coleen River
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Coleen River in summer
Coleen River is located in Alaska
Coleen River
Location of the mouth of the Coleen River in Alaska
Country United States
State Alaska
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Physical characteristics
Main source Brooks Range
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope Borough
4,798 ft (1,462 m)
68°42′59″N 143°28′36″W / 68.71639°N 143.47667°W / 68.71639; -143.47667
River mouth Porcupine River
9 miles (14 km) east of Coleen Mountain, Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
67°04′20″N 142°29′49″W / 67.07222°N 142.49694°W / 67.07222; -142.49694
Length 145 mi (233 km)

The Coleen River is a 186-mile (299 km) tributary of the Porcupine River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in the Davidson Mountains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and flows generally south-southeast into the larger river east of Coleen Mountain. Its name comes from the French "coline", which means hill.

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