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The Kenai River called Kahtnu in the Dena'ina language, is the longest river in the Kenai Peninsula of southcentral Alaska.It runs 82 miles (132 km) westward from Kenai Lake in the Kenai Mountains, through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Skilak Lake to its outlet into the Cook Inlet of the Pacific Ocean near Kenai and Soldotna.
These, along with the tides, provide a challenge to ships navigating through the waters. [10] The strong tides create powerful rip tides and bore tides which are sometimes among the largest in the world. [11] Tidal bores occur within the inlet, and especially Turnagain Arm, almost daily, but are usually too small to notice. Large bores tend to ...
Turnagain is characterized by remarkably large tides of up to 40 feet (12 meters) which are the largest tides in the United States. The flood tide often begins with a tidal bore especially on large tides with a strong east wind, which has a height of 6 feet (1.8 m) at times, and runs in from the west at a speed of 5–6 miles (8.0–9.7 km) an ...
One of North America's largest tides occurs in Turnagain Arm just south of Anchorage. Tidal differences can be more than 35 feet (10.7 m). (Many sources say Turnagain has the second-greatest tides in North America, but it has since been shown that several areas in Canada have larger tides, according to an Anchorage Daily News article dated 6/23/03.
At low tide extensive and dangerous mud flats are exposed below the beach. [1] On a clear day visitors to the bluff and beach can see the distant Aleutian Range, including the volcano Mount Spurr [7] as well as several offshore oil rigs. [8] The park is the northern terminus of the Swanson River and its associated canoe trail. [6] [7] Stormy Lake
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. It includes Rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Pages in category "Rivers of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Beaver Creek (Dena'ina: Hkayitnu) is a stream located on the western portion of the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.Beaver Creek flows approximately 10 miles from its source at Beaver Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to the Kenai River, approximately 4 river miles from the mouth of that river in the City of Kenai at Cook Inlet.