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This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are at least fifth-order according to the Strahler method of stream classification, [1] and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more streams and creeks. [2] According to United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information ...
These geographic areas contain either the drainage area of a major river, or the combined drainage areas of a series of rivers. [1] [2] The Alaska region, which is listed with a 2-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC) of 19, has an approximate size of 720,535 square miles (1,866,180 square kilometers), and consists of 6 subregions, which are listed ...
The Copper River or Ahtna River (/ ˈɑːtnə /), Ahtna Athabascan ‘Atna’tuu ([ʔatʰnaʔtʰuː]), "river of the Ahtnas", [1] Tlingit Eeḵhéeni ([ʔìːq.híː.nì]), "river of copper", [2][3] is a 290-mile (470 km) river in south-central Alaska in the United States. It drains a large region of the Wrangell Mountains and Chugach Mountains ...
Yukon River. The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. From its source in British Columbia, it flows through Canada's territory of Yukon (itself named after the river). The lower half of the river continues westward through the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is 3,190 kilometres (1,980 mi) [ 15 ][ 16 ] long and ...
The Taku is the Southeast Alaska's top salmon-producing river. Data from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game [10] notes that nearly 2 million wild salmon return to the river annually, including up to 100,000 Chinook salmon (king salmon), 350,000 sockeye salmon (red salmon) and 400,000 coho salmon (silver salmon), 50,000 chum salmon(dog salmon ...
Umiat, Alaska. • average. 10,192 cu ft/s (288.6 m 3 /s) [4] • maximum. 268,000 cu ft/s (7,600 m 3 /s) [5] The Colville River (/ ˈkoʊlvɪl /; [6] Inupiat: Kuukpik) is a major river of the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska in the United States, approximately 350 miles (560 km) long. [1] One of the northernmost major rivers in North America, it ...
The Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is a river delta located where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers empty into the Bering Sea on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. At approximately 129,500 square kilometers (50,000 sq mi) in size, [1] it is one of the largest deltas in the world. [2][3] It is larger than the Mississippi River Delta (which varies ...
The Chena River (/ ˈtʃiːnə /; Tanana Athabascan: Ch'eno' "river of something (game)") is a 100-mile (160 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows generally west from the White Mountains to the Tanana River near the city of Fairbanks, which is built on both sides of the river. [6]
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