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Looking up the Russian River. The Russian River (Russian: Рашен-Ривер) is a 13-mile-long (21 km) river on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.It flows northward from Upper Russian Lake in the Kenai Mountains through Lower Russian Lake, draining into the Kenai River near the town of Cooper Landing.
Kenai River bank. The Kenai River [Kee-nye] is a meltwater river that drains the central Kenai Peninsula region. Its source is the Kenai Lake. [2] Near Cooper Landing, the lake narrows to form the river. About 12 miles (19 km) from the lake, the river passes through Kenai Canyon for about 2 miles (3.2 km) of fast-flowing whitewater rapids.
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.
Elevations in the CDP range from approximately 330 feet (100 m) above sea level at the mouth of the Russian River, to 436 feet (133 m) at Kenai Lake, to 4,576 feet (1,395 m) at the summit of Cecil Rhode Mountain between Kenai Lake and Cooper Creek. Kenai River at Cooper Landing. Alaska Route 1, the Sterling Highway, passes through the community ...
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 .
According to United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System, Alaska has about 9,728 officially named rivers, creeks, and streams. The length of the river is given if it is available from the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The Twentymile River near the Seward Highway, January 2015
It also extended rights to non-natives, who, in turn, began to encroach on Native traditional fishing grounds. In 1890s, the Alaska Packers company put fish traps in the path of Lummi reef nets ...
The Harding and Sargent Icefields, as well as the many glaciers that emanate from them, originate in the Kenai Mountains. [1] Several prime fish-producing rivers, including the Kenai River and the Russian River, also flow from the mountains. The Dena'ina call the mountains Yaghanen Dghili, meaning "good land mountains". [2]