Squirrel River

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| name = Squirrel River

| name_native = {{native name|ik|Siksriktuum Kuuŋa}}

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| image = Squirrel River.jpg

| image_caption = Squirrel River with Baird Mountains

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| pushpin_map = USA Alaska

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Squirrel River in Alaska

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = Alaska

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| subdivision_type4 = Borough

| subdivision_name4 = Northwest Arctic

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| length = {{convert|72|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite book|last=Orth|first=Donald J.|author2=United States Geological Survey|title=Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567|url=http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf|format=PDF|via=United States Government Printing Office|publisher=University of Alaska Fairbanks|year=1971|orig-year=1967|page=912|access-date=September 16, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017165933/http://137.229.113.112/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2013}}

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| source1 = Baird Mountains

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| mouth = Kobuk River

| mouth_location = {{convert|28|mi|km}} northwest of Selawik

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|66|59|00|N|160|24|00|W|display=inline,title}}{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = March 23, 2001| url = {{gnis3|1896787}} | title = Squirrel River| access-date = September 16, 2013}}

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The Squirrel River (Iñupiaq: Siksriktuum Kuuŋa, Koyukon: Tleleyh No’) is a {{convert|72|mi|km|adj=on}} tributary of the Kobuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a very clear, small arctic river flowing south from the foothills of Baird Mountains to where it meets the Kobuk River in the village of Kiana.{{cite book|title=Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|page=133|edition=7th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-89933-289-5}} From Kiana, the Kobuk flows southwest into Hotham Inlet of Kotzebue Sound on the Chukchi Sea.

The upper segment of the stream runs in a U molded, half-mile wide valley lying between 300-to 400-foot moving slopes. The lower area of stream has a rough track along the north bank that approaches some mining claims on Klery Creek.