Tetlin River
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| Water code | US : 1410769 | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| River system | Yukon River | |
| Drain over | Tanana River → Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
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Wrangell Mountains 62 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ N , 143 ° 7 ′ 55 ″ W. |
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Tanana River , 5 km northeast of Tetlin Coordinates: 63 ° 10 ′ 21 " N , 142 ° 24 ′ 23" W 63 ° 10 ′ 21 " N , 142 ° 24 ′ 23" W |
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| Mouth height |
501 m
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| length | 120 km | |
| Right tributaries | Kalukna River | |
| Flowing lakes | Tetlin Lake | |
| Communities | Tetlin | |
The Tetlin River is an approximately 120 km long left tributary of the Tanana River in the interior of Alaska .
It rises from a glacier on the northern flank of the Wrangell Mountains near the border of the Wrangell-St.-Elias National Park , flows in a north-easterly direction, flows through Tetlin Lake and passes the place Tetlin . The Kalukna River then flows into the river on the right. 35 km southeast of Tok the Tetlin River meets the Tanana River from the left . It lies west of the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and runs largely parallel to its border. The Tetlin River is part of the river system of the Yukon River .
The name goes back to "Tetling", the name of the native inhabitants for the river, documented by Lieutenant Allen in 1887 . FC Schrader of the United States Geological Survey named the river "Bear Creek" in 1902.