The Herron River ( taa, K'otaal No’ or ''Tsatasronik'') is a tributary of the

Foraker River The Foraker River ( taa, Kwalana or ''Kotalhno'') is a stream in central Alaska in the United States. It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks. The Herron River is a m ...

in central

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in the

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. It drains an area on the north slope of the

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on the south edge of the

Tanana Valley The Tanana Valley is a lowland region in central Alaska in the United States, on the north side of the Alaska Range, where the Tanana River emerges from the mountains. Traditional inhabitants of the valley are Tanana Athabaskans of Alaskan Athaba ...

southwest of

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. The river issues from Herron Glacier in the northern Alaska Range in

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, northwest of

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. It flows through the tundra to the north of the Alaska range in a generally northwest direction, forming part of the boundary between national park lands and national preserve lands. The river was named for its glacial source in 1925 by S.R. Capps of the

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. Other names or variants include ''K'otal No, ''Tsatasronick'' and ''Sishuluthna River''.

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Alaska Range Rivers of Denali Borough, Alaska Rivers of Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve {{Alaska-river-stub

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