Chisana River
| Chisana River | ||
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| Water code | US : 1400326 | |
| location | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area in Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
| origin |
Chisana Glacier in the Wrangell Mountains 62 ° 2 ′ 8 ″ N , 142 ° 13 ′ 5 ″ W |
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| Association with |
Nabesna River to Tanana River at Northway Coordinates: 63 ° 2 ′ 57 " N , 141 ° 51 ′ 52" W 63 ° 2 ′ 57 " N , 141 ° 51 ′ 52" W |
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| Mouth height |
516 m
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| length | 169 km | |
| Discharge at Northway Junction A Eo gauge : 8495 km² Location: 8 km above the mouth |
MQ 1950/1970 Mq 1950/1970 |
66 m³ / s 7.8 l / (s km²) |
 Course of the Tanana River and its two headwaters. The Chisana River is the right source river. |
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The Chisana River is the 169 km long right source river of the Tanana River in the Interior of Alaska .
It rises from the Chisana Glacier in Wrangell-St.-Elias National Park , flows 97 km in a north-northeast, then 72 km in a northwest direction and forms at Northway in the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge , 66 km southeast of Tok , at the confluence with the Nabesna River the Tanana River. The Chisana River is part of the river system of the Yukon River . Its lower course runs parallel to the Alaska Highway .
The name is derived from "Ches-tna", an aboriginal name for the river, which means something like "red river".
Web links
- Chisana River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Map of the Chisana River (PDF file, 4.5 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chisana River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Chisana River at Northway Junction gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET