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Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area at 570,380 square miles (1,477,300 km 2), over twice (roughly 2.47 times) as large as Texas, the next largest state, and is the seventh largest country subdivision in the world, and the third largest in North America, about 20.4% smaller than Denmark's autonomous country of ...
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 ...
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
An Alaska Railroad bridge crosses the river parallel to the Glenn Highway Bridge at Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. [6] Mantanuska Glacier State Recreation Site is along the highway where Glacier Creek enters the river; King Mountain State Recreation Site is near Chickaloon, and Kepler – Bradley Lakes State Recreation Area is near Palmer. [6]
The 100 highest summits of Alaska with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain peak Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Denali [1] [2] [e] Alaska Range: 20,310 ft 6190.5 m: 20,146 ft 6141 m: 4,630 mi 7,451 km 2
This is an incomplete list of cities, towns, and communities along the Tennessee River and its branches in the United States. [1] Currently only the more major cities and towns are mentioned. Alphabetically
Some of the highest and lowest temperatures in Alaska occur around the area near Fairbanks. Summers are warm (albeit generally short) and may have temperatures reaching into the 90s °F (the low-to-mid 30s °C), while in the long and very cold winters, the temperature can fall below −60 °F (−51 °C).
The Copper River or Ahtna River (/ ˈ ɑː t n ə /; Ahtena: ‘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 into ...