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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 ...
Pages in category "Rivers of Alaska" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 325 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This is a list of rivers in the United States that have names starting with the letter K. ... Kanektok River - Alaska; Kankakee River - Indiana, Illinois;
The river's name comes from the Yup'ik, kusquqviim, recorded by a Russian sailor in 1826. [1] The Tanana (Athabaskan) name for the river was Chin-ana. [2] Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan) is often used to mean the people of the upper parts of the river, while Yup'ik people live along the lower river.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Alaska. It includes rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of ...
Rivers of Alaska (5 C, 325 P) S. Sounds of Alaska (11 P) Springs of Alaska (1 C, 1 P) Straits of Alaska (4 C, 38 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Alaska"
The Tanana River / ˈ t æ n ə n ɑː / (Lower Tanana: Tth'eetoo', Upper Tanana: Tth’iitu’ Niign) is a 584-mile (940 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [ n 1 ] According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright , the name is from the Koyukon (Athabaskan) tene no , tenene , literally "trail river".
Historically, the river was navigated and subsistence fished by local Alaska Natives. The name of the river means from- or up to- great water, a reference to Iliamna Lake, Alaska's largest freshwater lake. The Kvichak River was a finalist for the 2017 Riverprize Award for being one of the best-managed and sustainable rivers in the world. [7]