Gilahina River is a

waterway A waterway is any navigable body of water. Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation will be of varying importance depending on the nuance of the equivalent word in other languages. A first distinction is necessary b ...

in the U.S. state of

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

in the

Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is an American national park and preserve managed by the National Park Service in south central Alaska. The park and preserve were established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conser ...

. The stream rises in mountains high between

Lakina River Lakina River is a tributary of the Chitina River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located in the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Geography The stream rises in an area of glacial drainage of minor importance lying between the muc ...

on the east and

Kuskulana River Kuskulana River is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located in the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Geography The stream has its source in Kuskulana Glacier at an elevation of about 2,200 feet. It flows southwes ...

on the west. It is about long and joins the

Chitina River The Chitina River ( Ahtna Athabascan Tsedi Na’ < ''tsedi'' "

copper

" + ''na’'' "

below the Lakina. Three miles from the Chitina, it forks. The west branch, which is called the Chokosna, drains an area of and is nearly as large as the main stream above the forks. The upper of the Gilahina in its course through the mountains has a grade of about per mile. As it approaches the Chitina Valley, the grade increases, and for the lower , the average grade is about per mile. There are no glaciers in the basin, and at normal stages, the water is clear and free from sediment. The valley floor is made up of gravel, boulders, sand, and clay, and at high stages, the stream transports considerable material, causing marked changes in the channel.

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* {{Authority control Rivers of Alaska Rivers of Copper River Census Area, Alaska Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska

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