Susitna River

Susitna River
View from Denali Highway on the Susitna River
Data
Water code	US :  1416406
location	Alaska ( USA )
River system	Susitna River
Drain over	Susitna River → Cook Inlet  → Pacific Ocean
origin	Susitna Glacier 63 ° 26 ′ 10 ″  N , 147 ° 11 ′ 55 ″  W
Source height	1026  m
muzzle	Cook Inlet Coordinates: 61 ° 16 ′ 14 "  N , 150 ° 34 ′ 33"  W 61 ° 16 ′ 14 "  N , 150 ° 34 ′ 33"  W.
Mouth height	0  m
Height difference	1026 m
Bottom slope	2 ‰
length	503 km
Catchment area	52,000 km²
Outflow at the level at the mouth	MQ	1400 m³ / s
Left tributaries	East Fork Susitna River, Maclaren River , Tyone River , Oshetna River , Talkeetna River
Right tributaries	West Fork Susitna River, Chulitna River , Deshka River , Yentna River
Communities	Talkeetna , Susitna
Location of the Susitna River

West Fork Susitna River
Water code	US :  1411891
origin	West Fork Glacier 63 ° 23 ′ 48 ″  N , 147 ° 32 ′ 39 ″  W
Source height	approx.  850  m
muzzle	Susitna River 63 ° 13 ′ 20 "  N , 147 ° 28 ′ 32"  W.
Mouth height	757  m
Height difference	approx. 93 m
Bottom slope	approx. 4.4 ‰
length	21 km

East Fork Susitna River
Water code	US :  1401611
origin	nameless glacier on the southern flank of the Alaska range 63 ° 23 ′ 46 ″  N , 146 ° 51 ′ 10 ″  W
Source height	approx.  920  m
muzzle	Susitna River 63 ° 19 ′ 35 "  N , 147 ° 16 ′ 51"  W.
Mouth height	776  m
Height difference	approx. 144 m
Bottom slope	approx. 5.8 ‰
length	25 km

The Susitna River [ su'sɪtnə ] is a 503 km long tributary of the Cook Inlet in the south of the US state Alaska .

The river has its source at the Susitna Glacier on Mount Hayes ( 4216  m ) in the Alaska range and flows along the west side of the Talkeetna Mountains . At Trapper Creek the rivers Chulitna River and Talkeetna River flow into the Susitna, which is navigable from there. Eight kilometers north of Susitna the Yentna River flows into the Susitna River. About 40 km west of Anchorage , the Susitna River finally flows into the Cook Inlet.

Together with the Matanuska River , the Susitna River gives its name to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley ( English Matanuska-Susitna Valley , or Mat-Su for short ) north of Anchorage , one of the most densely populated regions of Alaska.

The West Fork Susitna River is fed by the West Fork Glacier . It flows 21 km in a south-southeast direction and flows into the Susitna River about 30 km below the Susitna Glacier.

The East Fork Susitna River is fed by an unnamed glacier on the southern flank of the Alaska range. It flows 25 km initially in a westerly direction, later in a south-westerly direction and flows into the Susitna River just above the confluence of the West Fork Susitna River.

Web links

Commons : Susitna River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Susitna River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Susitna Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} USGS - Water Fact Sheet - Largest Rivers in the United States (PDF file; 648 kB)
3. ^ West Fork Susitna River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
4. ^ East Fork Susitna River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey