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This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are at least fifth-order according to the Strahler method of stream classification, and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams.
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., ...
has more than 12,000
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s, and thousands more
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s and creeks. According to
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, Alaska has about 9,728 officially named rivers, creeks, and streams. The length of the
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is given if it is available from the
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(GNIS).


By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries ordered from mouth to source, and indented under their downstream parent's name.


Arctic Ocean

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Firth River Firth River is a major river in Yukon, Canada. It begins at the east side of Davidson Mountains and flows into the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans ...
– * Kongakut River – * Aichilik River – * Jago River – * Okpilak River – * Hulahula River – * Sadlerochit River – *
Canning River The Canning River (Djarlgarra in Nyungar) is a major tributary of the Swan River in the South West Land Division of Western Australia. It is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species. Source a ...
– ** Marsh Fork Canning River – * Shaviovik River – ** Kavik River – * Kadleroshilik River – *
Sagavanirktok River The Sagavanirktok River or Sag River ( Iñupiaq: ''Saġvaaniqtuuq'') is a stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is about long and originates on the north slope of the Brooks Range, flowing north to the Beaufort Sea ne ...
– ** Ivishak River – *** Echooka River – ** Ribdon River – ** Atigun River – * Kuparuk River – ** Toolik River – * Colville River – **
Itkillik River The Itkillik River is a tributary of the Colville River in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The river flows northeast then northwest out of the Endicott Mountains near Oohlah Pass to meet the larger stream about southwest of ...
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Anaktuvuk River The Anaktuvuk River ( ik, Anaqtuuvak) is a river in Alaska's North Slope. long, it flows west from glaciers in the Endicott Mountains changing direction just north of Anaktuvuk PassPorter, Stephen C. (1966) ''Pleistocene geology of Anaktuvuk Pass, ...
– *** Nanushuk River – ** Chandler River – *** Siksikpuk River – *** Ayiyak River – ** Killik River – *** Okokmilaga River – ** Oolamnagavik River – ** Kurupa River – **
Awuna River The Awuna River also called Sakvailak by the Iñupiat is a tributary of the Colville River (Alaska), Colville River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located entirely within the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, National Petroleum Reserve, it aris ...
– ** Etivluk River – *** Nigu River – ** Ipnavik River – ** Kuna River – ** Kiligwa River ** Nuka River – * Fish Creek – * Ikpikpuk River – ** Titaluk River – **
Price River The Price River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 30, 2020 southeastward flowing river in Carbon, Utah and Emery counties in eastern Utah. It is a tributary to ...
– * Topagoruk River – *
Meade River The Meade River ( Iñupiaq: ''Kuulugruaq'') flows into Admiralty Bay along the North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins near Kulugra Ridge in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and flows generally north past Atqasuk to the bay at ...
– ** Usuktuk River – * Kuk River – ** Kungok River – ** Ivisaruk River – ** Avalik River – *** Ketik River – ** Kaolak River – *
Utukok River The Utukok River ( Iñupiaq: ''Utuqqaq'') is a long stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It rises in the De Long Mountains at the confluence of Kogruk and Tupik creeks and flows north, northeast, and then northwest. It e ...
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Kokolik River The Kokolik River ( Iñupiaq: ''Qaqalik'') is a stream, long, in the western North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska. Geography The Kokolik River ( Iñupiaq: ''Qaqalik'') is a stream, long, in the western North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska ...
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Kukpowruk River The Kukpowruk River is a stream, long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It arises in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range and flows north into Kasegaluk Lagoon of the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean. The riv ...
– * Pitmegea River – *
Kukpuk River The Kukpuk River ( Iñupiaq: ''Kuukpak'') is a stream, about long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows generally west from the De Long Mountains across the Lisburne Peninsula to Marryat Inlet on the Chukchi ...
– ** Ipewik River –


Bering Strait

* Kivalina River – *
Wulik River The Wulik River is a stream, about long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Originating in the De Long Mountains in the North Slope Borough, it flows southwest to Kivalina Lagoon in the Chukchi Sea, east of Kivalina. It head ...
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Noatak River The Noatak River ( ik, Nuataam Kuuŋa) is a river in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Description The Noatak River's headwaters are on the north flank of Mount Igikpak in the Schwatka Mountains of the Brooks Range in the Gate ...
– ** Agashashok River – ** Eli River – ** Kelly River – ** Kugururok River – ** Nimiuktuk River ** Anisak River – ** Cutler River – *** Imelyak River – ** Aniuk River – *
Kobuk River The Kobuk River (''Kuuvak'' in Iñupiaq) (also Kooak, Kowak, Kubuk, Kuvuk, or Putnam) is a river located in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States. It is approximately long. Draining a basin with an area of ,Brabets, T.P. ...
– ** Squirrel River – ** Salmon River – ** Ambler River – ** Kogoluktuk River – ** Mauneluk River – ** Pah River – ** Reed River – *
Selawik River The Selawik River is a stream, long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, it flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge to Selawik Lake, which emp ...
– ** Kugarak River – ** Tagagawik River – *
Buckland River The Buckland River (''Kaŋiq'' in Inupiaq) is a stream, long, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northwest to the Chukchi Sea at Eschscholtz Bay, southwest of Selawik in the Northwest Arctic Borough. Naval officer Frederick William Beec ...
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Kiwalik River The Kiwalik River is a stream on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The headwaters of the river originate in the eastern portion of the peninsula, around Granite Mountain. The river flows north to its mouth at Kiwalik Lagoon, Chuk ...
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Kugruk River The Kugruk River is a stream, long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the largest tributary of the Kuzitrin River. It begins near Imuruk Lake on the Seward Peninsula and flows generally north to Kugruk Lagoon, at Kotzeb ...
– * Inmachuk River - * Goodhope River – * Nugnugaluktuk River – * Agiapuk River – **
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Kuzitrin River The Kuzitrin River (''Kurritqiun'' in Inupiaq) is a stream, long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Kuzitrin Lake in the central region of the peninsula and flows west into the Imuruk Basin. The basin drains via ...
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Kruzgamepa River The Kruzgamepa River (or Pilgrim River) is a tributary of the Kuzitrin River on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river begins at Salmon Lake, elevation , and descends to above sea level at its mouth. In turn, the Kuzitrin ...
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Grand Central River Grand Central River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It enters Salmon Lake from the west. Although the Grand Central and Kruzgamepa (or Pilgrim) rivers form one stream, their names differ, and their physical fea ...
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Kougarok River The Kougarok (Koo-gah-rok) River (''Kuuguraq'' in Inupiaq, lit. ''little river'') is a river on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Formed by the merger of the two smaller streams Macklin Creek and Washington Creek, the main stem is a ...
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Noxapaga River Noxapaga River (alternates: Kugrukruk and Kugirukuk) is a tributary of the Kuzitrin River on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Heading in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, it flows northwest for , then west for , then sout ...
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Feather River The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about long. Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is just over . The main stem Feather ...
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Bluestone River The Bluestone River is a tributary of the New River, 77 mi (124 km) long, in southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia in the United States.Sinuk River * Cripple River * Penny River – *
Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
* Nome River * Fish River – **
Niukluk River Niukluk River is a waterway 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 north ...
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Casadepaga River Casadepaga River (also Koshotok and Koksuktapaga) ( Inupiaq: ''Qaqsruqtaq'') is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska, near Nome. It is the largest southern branch of the Niukluk River. It has a length of about and a general northeasterly cours ...
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Tubutulik River The Tubutulik River is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. The long river is situated on the Seward Peninsula. It flows southeastwards to the Kwiniuk Inlet at the northwestern end of Norton Bay, southwest of Koyuk in the Bering Sea. Its ...
– * Koyuk River – * Inglutalik River – ** Negromoon Creek * Ungalik River – * Shaktoolik River – *
Unalakleet River The Unalakleet River ( Iñupiaq: ''Uŋalaqłiit Kurgat'') in the U.S. state of Alaska flows southwest from the Kaltag Mountains to near the town of Unalakleet, on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. In 1980, the upper of the river was protected as ...
– ** South River ** North River – ** Chiroskey River – ** Old Woman River * Pastolik River –


Yukon River Basin

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Yukon River The Yukon River (Gwichʼin language, Gwich'in: ''Ųųg Han'' or ''Yuk Han'', Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik: ''Kuigpak'', Inupiaq language, Inupiaq: ''Kuukpak'', Deg Xinag language, Deg Xinag: ''Yeqin'', Hän language, Hän: ''Tth'echù' ...
– ** Archuelinguk River - ** Andreafsky River – *** East Fork Andreafsky River – ** Atchuelinguk River – ** Reindeer River – **
Innoko River The Innoko River (; (Deg Xinag: ''Yooniq'') is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows north from its origin south of Cloudy Mountain in the Kuskokwim Mountains and then southwest to meet the larger river across from ...
– *** Paimiut Slough – **** Reindeer River – *** Iditarod River – **** Yetna River – *** Mud River – ***
Dishna River Dishna (, from ) is an Egyptian settlement west of Qena situated on the north bank of the river Nile. Geography Dishna is from Cairo. History An expedition of the Southern University of Texas explored the Sebilian culture on the Dishna plains. ...
– ** Bonasila River – *** Stuyahok River – ** Anvik River – ** Khotol River – ** Nulato River – **
Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River (; ''Ooghekuhno' '' in Koyukon, ''Kuuyukaq'' or ''Tagraġvik'' in Iñupiaq) is a tributary of the Yukon River, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the last major tributary entering the Yukon before the larger river empties int ...
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Hammond River The Hammond River is a tributary of the Kennebecasis River in New Brunswick, Canada. It runs approximately in southern Kings County along the border of Saint John County. It rises in the Caledonia Highlands near the rural community of Hammondva ...
- *** Gisasa River – *** Kateel River – *** Dulbi River – *** Huslia River – ***
Hogatza River The Hogatza River is a tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, it flows generally southwest to meet the larger river west of Hughes. The river's name is from the ...
– *** Indian River – ***
Kanuti River The Kanuti (''Kkʼoonootnoʼ'' in Koyukon) is a tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river begins near the Arctic Circle and flows generally west, passing under the Dalton Highway near Caribou Mountain. After continuing ...
– **** Kanuti Kilolitna River – ***
Alatna River The Alatna River is a federally designated wild and scenic river partially contained within the boundaries of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. It is called one of the most beautiful rivers in the United States. Geography The Alatna R ...
– *** South Fork Koyukuk River – **** Fish Creek – ****
Jim River , image = James River in Jamestown, N.D.jpg , image_caption = Flowing through Jamestown, North Dakota , image_size = 300 , map = JamesCourseWatershed1.png , map_size = 300 , map_caption ...
– *** John River – ***
Wild River A wild river (United States, Australia, & New Zealand) or heritage river (Canada) is a :river or a river system designated by a government to be protected and kept "relatively untouched by development and are therefore in near natural conditi ...
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North Fork Koyukuk River The North Fork of the Koyukuk River is one of the principal forks of the Koyukuk River, approximately 105 mi (160 km) long, in northern Alaska in the United States. It has a Drainage basin, watershed area of . It rises on the south sl ...
– **** Tinayguk River – ***
Middle Fork Koyukuk River The Middle Fork Koyukuk River is a tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Formed by the confluence of the Bettles and Dietrich rivers near Wiseman on the southern flank of the Brooks Range, the Middle Fork flows generally so ...
– ** Yuki River – ** Melozitna River – *** Little Melozitna River – ** Big Creek- ** Nowitna River – *** Sulatna River – *** Lost River - *** Little Mud River- *** Big Mud River - *** Titna River – **** Telsitna River - **** Sethkokna River – *** Sulukna River- *** Susulatna River – ** Bering Creek- ** Tozitna River – **
Tanana River The Tanana River (Lower Tanana: Tth'eetoo', Upper Tanana: ''Tth’iitu’ Niign'') is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon (Athabaskan) ...
– *** Chitanana River – *** Cosna River – *** Zitiana River – ***
Kantishna River The Kantishna River (Lower Tanana: ''Khenteethno'') is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Formed by the confluence of the McKinley River with Birch Creek in Denali National Park and Preserve, it drains part of the nort ...
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Toklat River The Toklat River ( taa, Tootl'o Huno) is an tributary of the Kantishna River 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. It issues ...
– ***** Sushana River- **** Bearpaw River - ***** Moose Creek ****** Lake Creek **** John Hansen Creek **** McKinley River – **** Birch Creek – ***** Muddy River – ****** Foraker River – ******* Herron River - *** Tolovana River – **** Chatanika River - ***** Tatalina River- *** Totchaket Slough- *** west middle river / East middle river - ***
Nenana River The Nenana River ( taa, Nina No’) is a tributary of the Tanana River, approximately long, 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 Fai ...
– **** Seventeenmile slough - **** Teklanika River – *** Totatlanika River- ***
Wood River Wood River may refer to: Rivers In Canada * Wood River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Columbia River via Kinbasket Lake * Wood River (Saskatchewan), a river in south-west Saskatchewan In Ireland * Wood River (County Clare), Kilru ...
– **** Tatlanika Creek- *** Chena River – **** Little Chena river - ***
Salcha River The Salcha River (Lower Tanana: ''Sołchaget'') is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Rising in the eastern part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough east of Fort Wainwright, it flows generally west-southwest to meet the ...
– *** Little Delta River – *** Delta Creek – ***
Delta River The Delta River is an tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its name in the Ahtna language is ''Saas Na’ ''. Fed by the Tangle Lakes of the Alaska Range, the river flows north to meet the larger river near Big Delta ...
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Goodpaster River The Goodpaster River is an major tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its name in the Middle Tanana dialect of the Lower Tanana language is ''Jiiz Cheeg''. Goodpaster River is a stream located just 6.6 miles from Big Delt ...
– *** Gerstle River - *** Volkmar River - *** Healy River - *** Johnson River - ***
Robertson River The Robertson River is a river in Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It rises to the east of the Tin Range and flows into the sea east of Port Pegasus. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers ...
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Tok River Tok or TOK may refer to: *Tok, Alaska *Tok Pisin, a language *Toki Pona (ISO 639-3 code), a constructed language *T.O.K., a Jamaican reggae dancehall band *Theory of Knowledge (IB course) * ''Tok'', the Hungarian name for Toc village, Săvârșin ...
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Tetlin River Tetlin may refer to: * Tetlin, Alaska * Tetlin Lake * Tetlin River * Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge is a dynamic landscape made up of forests, wetlands, tundra, lakes, mountains and glacial rivers bounded by the sn ...
– **** Kalukna River - *** Kalutna River - *** Chisana River – ***
Nabesna River The Nabesna River (''Naambia Niign'' in Upper Tanana) is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at Nabesna Glacier in the Alaska Range, it flows north-northeast from Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Prese ...
– **** Cheslina River - ** Hess Creek – *** Troublesome Creek (Hess Creek) ** Ray River – ** Dall River – ** Hodzana River – ** Beaver Creek – ** Hadweenzic River – ** Birch Creek – ***
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Chandalar River The Chandalar River (''T'eedriinjik'' in Gwich'in) is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its peak flow, recorded by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) between 1964 and 1974 at a stream gauge at Venetie, was on ...
– ***East Fork Chandalar River – ****North Fork East Fork Chandalar River – **** Wind River – **** Junjik River – ***Middle Fork Chandalar River – ***North Fork Chandalar River – ** Christian River – **
Porcupine River The Porcupine River (''Ch’ôonjik'' in Gwich’in) is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada and the United States. It rises in the Ogilvie Mountains north of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. From there it flows north through the community of ...
– ***Grass River – **** Little Black River – ***
Draanjik River The Draanjik or Black River is a river in eastern Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. It flows generally northwest from its source to its mouth on the Black River Slough of the Porcupine River near the city of Fort Yukon. In Jan ...
– ****Salmon Fork Black River – ****Grayling Fork Black River – ***
Sheenjek River The Sheenjek River is a tributary of the Porcupine River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in the eastern part of the Brooks Range and flows southward to meet the larger river northeast of Fort Yukon, Alaska, Fort Yukon. Its name derives fro ...
– **** Koness River – *** Coleen River – ***
Old Crow River Old Crow River is a transnational stream, long, that begins in the U.S. state of Alaska and flows generally southeast to meet the Porcupine River in the Canadian territory of Yukon. In turn, the Porcupine, a tributary of the Yukon River, flows ba ...
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Charley River The Charley River is an tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing generally northeast from the Mertie Mountains (named after geologist John Beaver Mertie, Jr.) in the northeastern part of the state, the river lies entirel ...
– ** Kandik River – ** Nation River – ** Seventymile River – ** Tatonduk River – ** Fortymile River – ***North Fork Fortymile River – ****Middle Fork Fortymile River – ***South Fork Fortymile River – ****Mosquito Fork – ****Dennison Fork – **
Sixtymile River Sixtymile River (also "Sixtymile Creek") (Hän: ''Khel ndek'') is a tributary of the Yukon River, which heads in the U.S. state of Alaska before crossing into Yukon, Canada. Geography This stream heads in Alaska and has a length, after crossing in ...
– ** White River – *** Ladue River – *** Beaver Creek –


Bering Sea

* Black River – * Kun River – * Kokechik River – 60 miles (Kashunuk distributary) * Kashunuk River – 225 miles (Yukon distributary) * Manokinak River – * Azun River – * Joshua Green River - *
Ninglick River Ningaluk River (also Ninglick River) (''Ningliq'' in Yup'ik) is a channel, long, between Baird Inlet and Hazen Bay on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing generally west, it enters the bay north of Kigigak Island. The bay, about ...
– ** Izaviknek River – * Kolavinarak River – *
Kuskokwim River The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River ( Yup'ik: ''Kusquqvak''; Deg Xinag: ''Digenegh''; Upper Kuskokwim: ''Dichinanek' ''; russian: Кускоквим (''Kuskokvim'')) is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth l ...
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Eek River The Eek River is a tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is south of the Kwethluk River and north of the Kanektok River, which also drain into the Kuskokwim or Kuskokwim Bay on the Bering Sea. Beginning at a small la ...
– ** Johnson River – ** Gweek River – ** Kwethluk River – ** Kisaralik River – ** Tuluksak River – ** Aniak River – ** George River – ** Holitna River – *** Hoholitna River – ** Stony River – ** Swift River – ** Takotna River – *** Nixon Fork – **Middle Fork Kuskokwim River – *** Big River – **South Fork Kuskokwim River – **East Fork Kuskokwim River – ***Slow Fork – *** Tonzona River – **North Fork Kuskokwim River – ***Swift Fork – * Kanektok River – * Arolik River – * Goodnews River – *
Togiak River Togiak River (Yup'ik: ''Tuyuryaq'') is a stream, long, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Togiak Lake in the Togiak Wilderness and flows southwest to Togiak Bay, east of Togiak, Alaska, Togiak. Large catches of s ...
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Igushik River The Igushik River (Yup'ik language, Yup'ik: ''Iiyuussiiq'') is a stream, long, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. The river flows south from Amanka Lake into the Nushagak Bay arm of Bristol Bay. Except for a small segment in th ...
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Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
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Nushagak River The Nushagak River ( esu, Iilgayaq) is a river in southwest Alaska, United States. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham, Alaska. The Mulchatna River is a major tributa ...
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Wood River Wood River may refer to: Rivers In Canada * Wood River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Columbia River via Kinbasket Lake * Wood River (Saskatchewan), a river in south-west Saskatchewan In Ireland * Wood River (County Clare), Kilru ...
– ** Kokwok River – ** Mulchatna River – *** Stuyahok River – *** Koktuli River *** Chilikadrotna River – **
Nuyakuk River The Nuyakuk River is a tributary of the Nushagak River in southwestern Alaska, United States. From its source at Tikchik Lake, an extension of Nuyakuk Lake in Wood-Tikchik State Park, it flows eastward into the larger river upstream of Koligan ...
– *** Tikchik River – ** King Salmon River – *
Kvichak River The Kvichak River (Yup'ik: ''Kuicaraq'') is a large river, about long, in southwestern Alaska in the United States. It flows southwest from Lake Iliamna to Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay, on the Alaska Peninsula. The communities of Igiugi ...
– ** Alagnak River – ** Newhalen River – *** Chulitna River – *** Tlikakila River – *
Naknek River Naknek River is a stream, long, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows west from Naknek Lake to empty into Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay. The river and lake are both known for their sockeye and other salmon. Th ...
– ** Savonoski River – *** American Creek – *
Egegik River The Egegik River (pronounced locally, I-ga-gik; Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Igyagiiq; translation, "swift") is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. A biological survey was conducted at the base of the Alaska Peninsula in 1902 by Wilfred Hudson Osg ...
(also Ugaguk) – ** King Salmon River – *
Dago Creek Dago Creek (Sugpiaq: ''Kuigaa'aq'') is a stream, long, on the Alaska Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning in a small lake southeast of Egegik, it meanders southwest across the flats to enter Ugashik Bay southeast of Smoky Poin ...
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Ugashik River The Ugashik River is a stream, long, on the Alaska Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows from headwaters near Lower Ugashik Lake and empties into Ugashik Bay, an estuary of the Bering Sea's Bristol Bay. The origin of the name Ugas ...
– ** King Salmon River – **
Dog Salmon River The Dog Salmon River is a tributary of the Ugashik River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning on the flanks of Mount Kialagvik, it flows northwest through the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge to meet the larger river southwest of Ugas ...
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Gulf of Alaska

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Chignik River Chignik (Alutiiq language, Alutiiq: ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak, Alaska, Kodiak. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 97, up ...
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Karluk River The Karluk River is a stream, long, on Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Karluk Lake in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and flows north and then northwest through Karluk Lagoon to the Shelikof Strait at Karluk. Sportfi ...
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McNeil River The McNeil River is a river on the eastern drainage of the Alaska Peninsula near its base and conjunction with the Alaska mainland. The McNeil emerges from glaciers and alpine lakes in the mountains of the Aleutian Range. The river's destination ...
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McArthur River The McArthur River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria at Port McArthur, opposite the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands. The river was named by Ludwig Leichhardt while he explored the are ...
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Beluga River The beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/) (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus. It is also known as the wh ...
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Yentna River The Yentna River ( Dena'ina: ''Yentnu'') is a river in South Central Alaska, formed by its East Fork and West Fork at , flows South-East to Susitna River, North-West of Anchorage, Alaska; Cook Inlet Low. History Tanaina Indian name reporte ...
– *** Kahiltna River – *** Skwentna River – **** Talachulitna River – ** Deshka River – ***Kroto Creek ***Moose Creek ** Talkeetna River – ** Chulitna River – *** Tokositna River – ** Oshetna River – ** Tyone River – **
Maclaren River Maclaren is a manufacturer of baby buggies, strollers and carriers based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Product range Strollers based around Owen Maclaren's original design are sold in over 50 countries under the Maclaren brand. These include the Ma ...
– * Little Susitna River – *
Matanuska River The Matanuska River ( Dena'ina: ''Ch'atanhtnu''; Ahtna: ''Ts'itonhna’'') is a 75-mile (121 km) long river in Southcentral Alaska, United States. The river drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range eponymously known as the Matanusk ...
– ** Kings River - ** Chickaloon River – *
Knik River The Knik River ( Dena'ina: ''Skitnu''; Ahtna: ''Scitna’'') is a 25-mile-long (40 km) river in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its source is at Knik Glacier, from which it flows northwest and west and empties into the head of Cook Inlet's Kn ...
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Eklutna River The Eklutna River () is approximately long and is located in the Southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska. A portion of the river flows through a canyon up to deep, emptying into the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet approximately northeast of Anc ...
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Ship Creek Ship Creek ( Dena'ina: ''Dgheyaytnu'') is an Alaskan river that flows from the Chugach Mountains into Cook Inlet. The Port of Anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek gave its name ("Knik Anchorage") to the city of Anchorage that grew up nearby. The ...
– * Twentymile River - * Placer River - * Chickaloon River – *
Swanson River The Swanson River ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghetnu'') is a stream, long, on the Kenai Peninsula of south-central Alaska in the United States. Beginning at Gene Lake in the Swanson Lakes district, it flows southwest then north to Number Three Bay on the G ...
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Kenai River The Kenai River called ''Kahtnu'' in the Dena'ina language, is the longest river in the Kenai Peninsula of southcentral Alaska. It runs westward from Kenai Lake in the Kenai Mountains, through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Skilak Lak ...
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Snow River The Snow River is a tributary of Kenai Lake in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, it flows southwest through Chugach National Forest where its main and south forks join to near Primrose at the sou ...
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Skilak River Skilak Lake ( Dena'ina: ''Q'es Dudilen Bena'') is a large lake on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The lake is part of the Kenai River system but also contains glacial runoff, being fed by meltwater from Skilak Glacier. The water is exceptionally cl ...
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Kasilof River The Kasilof River ( ) or ''Ggasilatnu'' in the Dena'ina language is a river on the western Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska. The name is an anglicization of ''Reka Kasilova'', the name given to the river by early Russian settlers in the area. It ...
– * Ninilchik River – * Nelchina River – ** Little Nelchina River – *
Anchor River The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the ...
– * Fox River – * Martin River – *
Lowe River The Lowe River is a long river in Alaska. It begins at glacier known as ''Deserted Glacier'' in the Chugach Mountains, passes through Keystone Canyon Keystone Canyon is a gorge near Valdez in the U.S. state of Alaska. Situated at an elevation of ...
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Copper River Copper River may refer to several places: *Copper River (Alaska), in the United States * Copper River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Skeena River The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada (afte ...
– ** Martin River – ** Bremner River – ** Tasnuna River ** Tiekel River – **
Chitina River The Chitina River ( Ahtna Athabascan Tsedi Na’ < ''tsedi'' "
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Nizina River Nizina River is the largest 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 heads in Nizina Glacier, flows southward about to a point near th ...
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Slana River The Slana River, also known as Slahna, Slakna, or Sla River, is a tributary of the Copper River in southern Alaska in the United States. It begins near Mount Kimball in the Alaska Range and flows generally south to meet the larger river near ...
– ** Tonsina River – **
Klutina River The Klutina River (''Tl’atii Na’'' in Ahtna) is a tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at Klutina Glacier in the Chugach Mountains, the river flows generally northeast, passing through Klutina Lake, to mee ...
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Tazlina River The Tazlina River is a tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Draining Tazlina Lake, it flows generally east to meet the larger river southeast of Glennallen. Course Tazlina Lake lies at the base of Tazlina Glacier in the ...
– ** Gulkana River – ** Gakona River – ** Chistochina River –


Southeast Alaska

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Yahtse River The Yahtse River (Tlingit ''Yas'ei Héen'') is a short glacier outlet stream extending from the Malaspina Glacier to the Pacific Ocean. The river formerly served as a primary outlet stream for the western portion of the Malaspina. Following the ...
* Alsek River – * Endicott River – *
Chilkat River The Chilkat River is a river in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska that flows southward from the Coast Range to the Chilkat Inlet and ultimately Lynn Canal. It is about long. It begins at Chilkat Glacier, in Alaska, flows west and south i ...
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Tsirku River The Tsirku River is a glacier-fed stream in Southeast Alaska near the town of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river's source is found at the Tsirku Glacier, a large, sprawling ice mass at the border of Alaska and the Canadian province ...
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Klehini River The Klehini River is a large, glacially fed stream in the vicinity of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Klehini River is about long from its source in British Columbia to its mouth at the Chilkat River, of which it is the largest tributar ...
– * Chilkoot River – *
Taiya River The Taiya River (also Dyea RiverEagle River (Favorite Channel) The Eagle River is a stream, long, in the borough of Juneau in the U.S. state of Alaska. Heading at Eagle Glacier in the Coast Mountains, it flows southwest into Favorite Channel, northeast of the city of Juneau. Alaska Route 7 (Glacier Highw ...
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Taku River The Taku River (Lingít: ''T'aaḵu Héeni'') is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. The river basin spreads across . The Taku is a very productive salmon river and its dra ...
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Whiting River The Whiting River is a stream, about long, in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It enters the waters of Stephens Passage at the Borough of Juneau in the Alaska Panhandle between the mouths of the Taku and St ...
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Stikine River The Stikine River is a major river in northern British Columbia (BC), Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains a large, remote upland area known as the Stikine Country east of the Coast Mountains. Flowing west and south f ...
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Eagle River (Bradfield Canal) The Eagle River is a stream, long, in the borough of Wrangell in the U.S. state of Alaska. Heading at Eagle Lake in the Coast Mountains, it flows northwest through part of the Tongass National Forest into Eagle Bay on the Bradfield Canal. Nea ...
– * King Salmon River – * Craig River enters Canada to join the
Iskut Iskut is a small, mostly Indigenous community in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia. It is located on Highway 37, at the north end of Eddontenajon Lake just south of Dease Lake and the crossing of the Stikine River. Communi ...
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Unuk River The Unuk River is a river in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Behm Canal, northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. From its headwaters in a heavily glaciated area in ...
– * Chickamin River – * Kelsall River * Skagway River ** Porcupine Creek (Porcupine River tributary) * Blue River * Behm River


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* Agashashok River * Agiapuk River * Aichilik River * Alagnak River *
Alatna River The Alatna River is a federally designated wild and scenic river partially contained within the boundaries of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. It is called one of the most beautiful rivers in the United States. Geography The Alatna R ...
* Alsek River * Ambler River * American Creek *
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Anaktuvuk River The Anaktuvuk River ( ik, Anaqtuuvak) is a river in Alaska's North Slope. long, it flows west from glaciers in the Endicott Mountains changing direction just north of Anaktuvuk PassPorter, Stephen C. (1966) ''Pleistocene geology of Anaktuvuk Pass, ...
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Anchor River The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the ...
* Andreafsky River * Aniak River * Aniakchak River * Anisak River * Aniuk River * Anvil Creek *
Another River Another River is a river located within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,799, up from ...
* Anvik River * Arolik River * Atchuelinguk River * Atigun River * Avalik River *
Awuna River The Awuna River also called Sakvailak by the Iñupiat is a tributary of the Colville River (Alaska), Colville River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located entirely within the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, National Petroleum Reserve, it aris ...
* Ayakulik River * Ayiyak River * Azun River * Babel River * Bearpaw River *
Beaver Creek (Yukon River tributary) Beaver Creek (Upper Tanana: ''Taatthee Niign'') is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The creek begins at the confluence of Champion and Bear creeks in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, about north of Fairb ...
* Beaver Creek (White River tributary, Alaska) * Behm River *
Beluga River The beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/) (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus. It is also known as the wh ...
* Bering River * Big River * Birch Creek (Kantishna River tributary) *
Birch Creek (Yukon River tributary) Birch Creek is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at the confluence of Ptarmigan and Eagle creeks near Porcupine Dome, it flows southwest, then south under the Steese Highway and into the Steese National Conser ...
* Black River (Yukon Delta) * Blue River * Bonasila River * Bremner River *
Buckland River The Buckland River (''Kaŋiq'' in Inupiaq) is a stream, long, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northwest to the Chukchi Sea at Eschscholtz Bay, southwest of Selawik in the Northwest Arctic Borough. Naval officer Frederick William Beec ...
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Canning River The Canning River (Djarlgarra in Nyungar) is a major tributary of the Swan River in the South West Land Division of Western Australia. It is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species. Source a ...
* Caribou River * Chakachatna River *
Chandalar River The Chandalar River (''T'eedriinjik'' in Gwich'in) is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its peak flow, recorded by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) between 1964 and 1974 at a stream gauge at Venetie, was on ...
* Chandler River *
Charley River The Charley River is an tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing generally northeast from the Mertie Mountains (named after geologist John Beaver Mertie, Jr.) in the northeastern part of the state, the river lies entirel ...
* Chatanika River * Chena River * Chickaloon River (Matanuska River tributary) * Chickaloon River (Chickaloon Bay) * Chickamin River *
Chignik River Chignik (Alutiiq language, Alutiiq: ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak, Alaska, Kodiak. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 97, up ...
* Chilikadrotna River *
Chilkat River The Chilkat River is a river in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska that flows southward from the Coast Range to the Chilkat Inlet and ultimately Lynn Canal. It is about long. It begins at Chilkat Glacier, in Alaska, flows west and south i ...
* Chilkoot River * Chisana River * Chistochina River * Chitanana River *
Chitina River The Chitina River ( Ahtna Athabascan Tsedi Na’ < ''tsedi'' "
copper
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* Christian River * Chulitna River (Lake Clark) *
Chulitna River (Susitna River tributary) The Chulitna River ( Dena'ina: ''Ts'ilutnu'') is a 110 km long right tributary of the Susitna River in southern part of interior Alaska. Three forks converge to form the river, which itself flows into the Susitna River near Talkeetna. Ge ...
* Cinder River * Ciissinraq River * Clearwater River * Coleen River * Colville River *
Copper River Copper River may refer to several places: *Copper River (Alaska), in the United States * Copper River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Skeena River The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada (afte ...
* Cosna River * Cutler River *
Dago Creek Dago Creek (Sugpiaq: ''Kuigaa'aq'') is a stream, long, on the Alaska Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning in a small lake southeast of Egegik, it meanders southwest across the flats to enter Ugashik Bay southeast of Smoky Poin ...
* Dall River * Delta Creek *
Delta River The Delta River is an tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its name in the Ahtna language is ''Saas Na’ ''. Fed by the Tangle Lakes of the Alaska Range, the river flows north to meet the larger river near Big Delta ...
* Demon Creek * Deshka River * Dick Dale Creek *
Dishna River Dishna (, from ) is an Egyptian settlement west of Qena situated on the north bank of the river Nile. Geography Dishna is from Cairo. History An expedition of the Southern University of Texas explored the Sebilian culture on the Dishna plains. ...
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Dog Salmon River The Dog Salmon River is a tributary of the Ugashik River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning on the flanks of Mount Kialagvik, it flows northwest through the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge to meet the larger river southwest of Ugas ...
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Draanjik River The Draanjik or Black River is a river in eastern Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. It flows generally northwest from its source to its mouth on the Black River Slough of the Porcupine River near the city of Fort Yukon. In Jan ...
* Duktoth River * Dulbi River * Eagle River * Echooka River *
Eek River The Eek River is a tributary of the Kuskokwim River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is south of the Kwethluk River and north of the Kanektok River, which also drain into the Kuskokwim or Kuskokwim Bay on the Bering Sea. Beginning at a small la ...
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Egegik River The Egegik River (pronounced locally, I-ga-gik; Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Igyagiiq; translation, "swift") is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. A biological survey was conducted at the base of the Alaska Peninsula in 1902 by Wilfred Hudson Osg ...
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Eklutna River The Eklutna River () is approximately long and is located in the Southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska. A portion of the river flows through a canyon up to deep, emptying into the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet approximately northeast of Anc ...
* Eli River * Endicott River * Espenberg River * Etivluk River *
Firth River Firth River is a major river in Yukon, Canada. It begins at the east side of Davidson Mountains and flows into the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans ...
* Fish Creek (Arctic Ocean) * Fish Creek (Koyukuk River tributary) * Fish River * Foraker River * Fortymile River * Fox River * Gakona River * George River * Gisasa River * Goodhope River * Goodnews River *
Goodpaster River The Goodpaster River is an major tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its name in the Middle Tanana dialect of the Lower Tanana language is ''Jiiz Cheeg''. Goodpaster River is a stream located just 6.6 miles from Big Delt ...
* Grass River * Gulkana River * Gweek River * Hadweenzic River *
Hammond River The Hammond River is a tributary of the Kennebecasis River in New Brunswick, Canada. It runs approximately in southern Kings County along the border of Saint John County. It rises in the Caledonia Highlands near the rural community of Hammondva ...
* Hess Creek * Hodzana River *
Hogatza River The Hogatza River is a tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, it flows generally southwest to meet the larger river west of Hughes. The river's name is from the ...
* Hoholitna River * Holitna River * Hulahula River * Huslia River * Iditarod River *
Igushik River The Igushik River (Yup'ik language, Yup'ik: ''Iiyuussiiq'') is a stream, long, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. The river flows south from Amanka Lake into the Nushagak Bay arm of Bristol Bay. Except for a small segment in th ...
* Ikpikpuk River * Imelyak River * Inaru River * Indian River * Inglutalik River * Inmachuk River *
Innoko River The Innoko River (; (Deg Xinag: ''Yooniq'') is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows north from its origin south of Cloudy Mountain in the Kuskokwim Mountains and then southwest to meet the larger river across from ...
* Ipewik River * Ipnavik River *
Itkillik River The Itkillik River is a tributary of the Colville River in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The river flows northeast then northwest out of the Endicott Mountains near Oohlah Pass to meet the larger stream about southwest of ...
* Ivisaruk River * Ivishak River * Izaviknek River * Jago River *
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* John River * Johnson River * Johnson River * Joshua Green River * Junjik River * Kadleroshilik River * Kahiltna River * Kamishak River * Kandik River * Kanektok River *
Kantishna River The Kantishna River (Lower Tanana: ''Khenteethno'') is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Formed by the confluence of the McKinley River with Birch Creek in Denali National Park and Preserve, it drains part of the nort ...
* Kanuti Kilolitna River *
Kanuti River The Kanuti (''Kkʼoonootnoʼ'' in Koyukon) is a tributary of the Koyukuk River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river begins near the Arctic Circle and flows generally west, passing under the Dalton Highway near Caribou Mountain. After continuing ...
* Kaolak River *
Karluk River The Karluk River is a stream, long, on Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Karluk Lake in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and flows north and then northwest through Karluk Lagoon to the Shelikof Strait at Karluk. Sportfi ...
* Kashunuk River *
Kasilof River The Kasilof River ( ) or ''Ggasilatnu'' in the Dena'ina language is a river on the western Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska. The name is an anglicization of ''Reka Kasilova'', the name given to the river by early Russian settlers in the area. It ...
* Kateel River * Kavik River * Kelsall River * Kelly River *
Kenai River The Kenai River called ''Kahtnu'' in the Dena'ina language, is the longest river in the Kenai Peninsula of southcentral Alaska. It runs westward from Kenai Lake in the Kenai Mountains, through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Skilak Lak ...
* Ketik River * Khotol River * Kiligwa River * Killik River *
King Salmon River (Nushagak River tributary) The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Nushagak River in southwest Alaska, United States. It flows eastward from headwaters at a small unnamed lake in the Taylor Mountains to its confluence with the larger river about north of Nushagak B ...
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King Salmon River (Egegik River tributary) The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Egegik River on the western slope of the Alaska Peninsula in southwest Alaska. Formed by the confluence of Contact and Takayofo creeks along the southwest border of Katmai National Park and Preserve, ...
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King Salmon River (Ugashik River tributary) The King Salmon River is a tributary of the Ugashik River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at Mother Goose Lake in the Aleutian Range, it flows northwest to meet the larger river near the upper reaches of Ugashik Bay. The lake and the u ...
* Kisaralik River * Kivalina River *
Kiwalik River The Kiwalik River is a stream on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The headwaters of the river originate in the eastern portion of the peninsula, around Granite Mountain. The river flows north to its mouth at Kiwalik Lagoon, Chuk ...
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Klehini River The Klehini River is a large, glacially fed stream in the vicinity of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Klehini River is about long from its source in British Columbia to its mouth at the Chilkat River, of which it is the largest tributar ...
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Klutina River The Klutina River (''Tl’atii Na’'' in Ahtna) is a tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at Klutina Glacier in the Chugach Mountains, the river flows generally northeast, passing through Klutina Lake, to mee ...
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Knik River The Knik River ( Dena'ina: ''Skitnu''; Ahtna: ''Scitna’'') is a 25-mile-long (40 km) river in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its source is at Knik Glacier, from which it flows northwest and west and empties into the head of Cook Inlet's Kn ...
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Kobuk River The Kobuk River (''Kuuvak'' in Iñupiaq) (also Kooak, Kowak, Kubuk, Kuvuk, or Putnam) is a river located in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States. It is approximately long. Draining a basin with an area of ,Brabets, T.P. ...
* Kogoluktuk River * Kokechik River *
Kokolik River The Kokolik River ( Iñupiaq: ''Qaqalik'') is a stream, long, in the western North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska. Geography The Kokolik River ( Iñupiaq: ''Qaqalik'') is a stream, long, in the western North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska ...
* Koktuli River * Kokwok River * Kolavinarak River * Koness River * Kongakut River *
Kougarok River The Kougarok (Koo-gah-rok) River (''Kuuguraq'' in Inupiaq, lit. ''little river'') is a river on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Formed by the merger of the two smaller streams Macklin Creek and Washington Creek, the main stem is a ...
* Koyuk River *
Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River (; ''Ooghekuhno' '' in Koyukon, ''Kuuyukaq'' or ''Tagraġvik'' in Iñupiaq) is a tributary of the Yukon River, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the last major tributary entering the Yukon before the larger river empties int ...
* Kugarak River *
Kugruk River The Kugruk River is a stream, long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the largest tributary of the Kuzitrin River. It begins near Imuruk Lake on the Seward Peninsula and flows generally north to Kugruk Lagoon, at Kotzeb ...
* Kugururok River * Kuk River *
Kukpowruk River The Kukpowruk River is a stream, long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It arises in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range and flows north into Kasegaluk Lagoon of the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean. The riv ...
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Kukpuk River The Kukpuk River ( Iñupiaq: ''Kuukpak'') is a stream, about long, in the western North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows generally west from the De Long Mountains across the Lisburne Peninsula to Marryat Inlet on the Chukchi ...
* Kun River * Kuna River * Kungok River * Kuparuk River * Kurupa River *
Kuskokwim River The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River ( Yup'ik: ''Kusquqvak''; Deg Xinag: ''Digenegh''; Upper Kuskokwim: ''Dichinanek' ''; russian: Кускоквим (''Kuskokvim'')) is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth l ...
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Kuzitrin River The Kuzitrin River (''Kurritqiun'' in Inupiaq) is a stream, long, on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Kuzitrin Lake in the central region of the peninsula and flows west into the Imuruk Basin. The basin drains via ...
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Kvichak River The Kvichak River (Yup'ik: ''Kuicaraq'') is a large river, about long, in southwestern Alaska in the United States. It flows southwest from Lake Iliamna to Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay, on the Alaska Peninsula. The communities of Igiugi ...
* Kwethluk River * Ladue River * Lake Creek * Little Black River * Little Delta River * Little Melozitna River * Little Nelchina River * Little Susitna River * Louse Creek *
Lowe River The Lowe River is a long river in Alaska. It begins at glacier known as ''Deserted Glacier'' in the Chugach Mountains, passes through Keystone Canyon Keystone Canyon is a gorge near Valdez in the U.S. state of Alaska. Situated at an elevation of ...
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MacLaren River Maclaren is a manufacturer of baby buggies, strollers and carriers based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Product range Strollers based around Owen Maclaren's original design are sold in over 50 countries under the Maclaren brand. These include the Ma ...
* Manokinak River * Martin River *
Matanuska River The Matanuska River ( Dena'ina: ''Ch'atanhtnu''; Ahtna: ''Ts'itonhna’'') is a 75-mile (121 km) long river in Southcentral Alaska, United States. The river drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range eponymously known as the Matanusk ...
* Mauneluk River *
McArthur River The McArthur River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria at Port McArthur, opposite the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands. The river was named by Ludwig Leichhardt while he explored the are ...
* McKinley River *
McNeil River The McNeil River is a river on the eastern drainage of the Alaska Peninsula near its base and conjunction with the Alaska mainland. The McNeil emerges from glaciers and alpine lakes in the mountains of the Aleutian Range. The river's destination ...
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Meade River The Meade River ( Iñupiaq: ''Kuulugruaq'') flows into Admiralty Bay along the North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins near Kulugra Ridge in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and flows generally north past Atqasuk to the bay at ...
* Melozitna River * Meshik River * Moose Creek * Mud River * Muddy River * Mulchatna River *
Nabesna River The Nabesna River (''Naambia Niign'' in Upper Tanana) is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at Nabesna Glacier in the Alaska Range, it flows north-northeast from Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Prese ...
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Naknek River Naknek River is a stream, long, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows west from Naknek Lake to empty into Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay. The river and lake are both known for their sockeye and other salmon. Th ...
* Nanushuk River * Nation River * Nelchina River *
Nenana River The Nenana River ( taa, Nina No’) is a tributary of the Tanana River, approximately long, 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 Fai ...
* Newhalen River * Nigu River * Nimiuktuk River *
Ninglick River Ningaluk River (also Ninglick River) (''Ningliq'' in Yup'ik) is a channel, long, between Baird Inlet and Hazen Bay on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Flowing generally west, it enters the bay north of Kigigak Island. The bay, about ...
* Ninilchik River *
Niukluk River Niukluk River is a waterway 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 north ...
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Nizina River Nizina River is the largest 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 heads in Nizina Glacier, flows southward about to a point near th ...
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Noatak River The Noatak River ( ik, Nuataam Kuuŋa) is a river in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Description The Noatak River's headwaters are on the north flank of Mount Igikpak in the Schwatka Mountains of the Brooks Range in the Gate ...
* North River * Nowitna River *
Noxapaga River Noxapaga River (alternates: Kugrukruk and Kugirukuk) is a tributary of the Kuzitrin River on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Heading in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, it flows northwest for , then west for , then sout ...
* Nugnugaluktuk River * Nuka River * Nulato River *
Nushagak River The Nushagak River ( esu, Iilgayaq) is a river in southwest Alaska, United States. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham, Alaska. The Mulchatna River is a major tributa ...
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Nuyakuk River The Nuyakuk River is a tributary of the Nushagak River in southwestern Alaska, United States. From its source at Tikchik Lake, an extension of Nuyakuk Lake in Wood-Tikchik State Park, it flows eastward into the larger river upstream of Koligan ...
* Okokmilaga River * Okpilak River *
Old Crow River Old Crow River is a transnational stream, long, that begins in the U.S. state of Alaska and flows generally southeast to meet the Porcupine River in the Canadian territory of Yukon. In turn, the Porcupine, a tributary of the Yukon River, flows ba ...
* Oolamnagavik River * Oshetna River * Pah River * Paimiut Slough * Pastolik River * Pitmegea River *
Porcupine River The Porcupine River (''Ch’ôonjik'' in Gwich’in) is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada and the United States. It rises in the Ogilvie Mountains north of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. From there it flows north through the community of ...
* Porcupine Creek *
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Price River The Price River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 30, 2020 southeastward flowing river in Carbon, Utah and Emery counties in eastern Utah. It is a tributary to ...
* Quail Creek * Queer Creek * Ray River * Reed River * Reindeer River (Yukon River tributary) * Reindeer River (Paimiut Slough) * Ribdon River * Sadlerochit River *
Sagavanirktok River The Sagavanirktok River or Sag River ( Iñupiaq: ''Saġvaaniqtuuq'') is a stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is about long and originates on the north slope of the Brooks Range, flowing north to the Beaufort Sea ne ...
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Salcha River The Salcha River (Lower Tanana: ''Sołchaget'') is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Rising in the eastern part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough east of Fort Wainwright, it flows generally west-southwest to meet the ...
* Salmon River (Kobuk River tributary) * Savonoski River *
Selawik River The Selawik River is a stream, long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Originating in the Purcell Mountains near the Zane Hills, it flows generally west through the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge to Selawik Lake, which emp ...
* Sethkokna River * Seventymile River * Shaktoolik River * Shaviovik River *
Sheenjek River The Sheenjek River is a tributary of the Porcupine River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in the eastern part of the Brooks Range and flows southward to meet the larger river northeast of Fort Yukon, Alaska, Fort Yukon. Its name derives fro ...
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Ship Creek Ship Creek ( Dena'ina: ''Dgheyaytnu'') is an Alaskan river that flows from the Chugach Mountains into Cook Inlet. The Port of Anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek gave its name ("Knik Anchorage") to the city of Anchorage that grew up nearby. The ...
* Siksikpuk River *
Sixtymile River Sixtymile River (also "Sixtymile Creek") (Hän: ''Khel ndek'') is a tributary of the Yukon River, which heads in the U.S. state of Alaska before crossing into Yukon, Canada. Geography This stream heads in Alaska and has a length, after crossing in ...
* Skagway River * Skwentna River *
Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
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Snow River The Snow River is a tributary of Kenai Lake in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, it flows southwest through Chugach National Forest where its main and south forks join to near Primrose at the sou ...
* Squirrel River *
Stikine River The Stikine River is a major river in northern British Columbia (BC), Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains a large, remote upland area known as the Stikine Country east of the Coast Mountains. Flowing west and south f ...
* Stony River * Stuyahok River (Bonasila River tributary) * Stuyahok River (Mulchatna River tributary) * Sulatna River * Susitna River * Susulatna River *
Swanson River The Swanson River ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghetnu'') is a stream, long, on the Kenai Peninsula of south-central Alaska in the United States. Beginning at Gene Lake in the Swanson Lakes district, it flows southwest then north to Number Three Bay on the G ...
* Swift River * Tagagawik River *
Taiya River The Taiya River (also Dyea RiverTakotna River *
Taku River The Taku River (Lingít: ''T'aaḵu Héeni'') is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. The river basin spreads across . The Taku is a very productive salmon river and its dra ...
* Talachulitna River * Talkeetna River * Tana River *
Tanana River The Tanana River (Lower Tanana: Tth'eetoo', Upper Tanana: ''Tth’iitu’ Niign'') is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon (Athabaskan) ...
* Tasnuna River * Tatonduk River *
Tazlina River The Tazlina River is a tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Draining Tazlina Lake, it flows generally east to meet the larger river southeast of Glennallen. Course Tazlina Lake lies at the base of Tazlina Glacier in the ...
* Teklanika River *
Tetlin River Tetlin may refer to: * Tetlin, Alaska * Tetlin Lake * Tetlin River * Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge is a dynamic landscape made up of forests, wetlands, tundra, lakes, mountains and glacial rivers bounded by the sn ...
* Tiekel River * Tikchik River * Tinayguk River * Titaluk River * Titna River * Tlikakila River *
Togiak River Togiak River (Yup'ik: ''Tuyuryaq'') is a stream, long, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Togiak Lake in the Togiak Wilderness and flows southwest to Togiak Bay, east of Togiak, Alaska, Togiak. Large catches of s ...
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Tok River Tok or TOK may refer to: *Tok, Alaska *Tok Pisin, a language *Toki Pona (ISO 639-3 code), a constructed language *T.O.K., a Jamaican reggae dancehall band *Theory of Knowledge (IB course) * ''Tok'', the Hungarian name for Toc village, Săvârșin ...
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Toklat River The Toklat River ( taa, Tootl'o Huno) is an tributary of the Kantishna River 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. It issues ...
* Tokositna River * Tolovana River * Tonsina River * Tonzona River * Toolik River * Topagoruk River * Tozitna River *
Tsirku River The Tsirku River is a glacier-fed stream in Southeast Alaska near the town of Haines in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river's source is found at the Tsirku Glacier, a large, sprawling ice mass at the border of Alaska and the Canadian province ...
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Tubutulik River The Tubutulik River is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. The long river is situated on the Seward Peninsula. It flows southeastwards to the Kwiniuk Inlet at the northwestern end of Norton Bay, southwest of Koyuk in the Bering Sea. Its ...
* Tuluksak River * Twentymile River in Chugach National Forest * Tyone River *
Ugashik River The Ugashik River is a stream, long, on the Alaska Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows from headwaters near Lower Ugashik Lake and empties into Ugashik Bay, an estuary of the Bering Sea's Bristol Bay. The origin of the name Ugas ...
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Unalakleet River The Unalakleet River ( Iñupiaq: ''Uŋalaqłiit Kurgat'') in the U.S. state of Alaska flows southwest from the Kaltag Mountains to near the town of Unalakleet, on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. In 1980, the upper of the river was protected as ...
* Ungalik River *
Unuk River The Unuk River is a river in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Behm Canal, northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. From its headwaters in a heavily glaciated area in ...
* Usuktuk River *
Utukok River The Utukok River ( Iñupiaq: ''Utuqqaq'') is a long stream in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It rises in the De Long Mountains at the confluence of Kogruk and Tupik creeks and flows north, northeast, and then northwest. It e ...
* Wetbutt Creek * White River *
Whiting River The Whiting River is a stream, about long, in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It enters the waters of Stephens Passage at the Borough of Juneau in the Alaska Panhandle between the mouths of the Taku and St ...
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Wild River A wild river (United States, Australia, & New Zealand) or heritage river (Canada) is a :river or a river system designated by a government to be protected and kept "relatively untouched by development and are therefore in near natural conditi ...
* Wind River * Wood River (Tanana River tributary) *
Wood River (Nushagak River tributary) Wood River is a waterway in Alaska as well as a location outside Dillingham, Alaska by Wood River Road and the Wood River. The Wood River Lakes Trail is used for backcountry float trips. The Wood River Mountains are nearby. Wood River Road is one ...
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Wulik River The Wulik River is a stream, about long, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Originating in the De Long Mountains in the North Slope Borough, it flows southwest to Kivalina Lagoon in the Chukchi Sea, east of Kivalina. It head ...
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Yahtse River The Yahtse River (Tlingit ''Yas'ei Héen'') is a short glacier outlet stream extending from the Malaspina Glacier to the Pacific Ocean. The river formerly served as a primary outlet stream for the western portion of the Malaspina. Following the ...
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Yentna River The Yentna River ( Dena'ina: ''Yentnu'') is a river in South Central Alaska, formed by its East Fork and West Fork at , flows South-East to Susitna River, North-West of Anchorage, Alaska; Cook Inlet Low. History Tanaina Indian name reporte ...
* Yetna River * Yuki River *
Yukon River The Yukon River (Gwichʼin language, Gwich'in: ''Ųųg Han'' or ''Yuk Han'', Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik: ''Kuigpak'', Inupiaq language, Inupiaq: ''Kuukpak'', Deg Xinag language, Deg Xinag: ''Yeqin'', Hän language, Hän: ''Tth'echù' ...
* Zitiana River


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List of islands of Alaska This is a list of islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. Approximately 2,670 named islands help to make Alaska the largest state in the United States. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O ...
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List of lakes of Alaska Alaska has about 3,197 officially named natural lakes, out of over 3,000,000 unnamed natural lakes, approximately 67 named artificial reservoirs, and 167 named dams. For named artificial reservoirs and dams, see the List of dams and reservoirs in ...
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List of rivers of the United States The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Alphabetical listing ''Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:'' A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - ...
* List of waterfalls of Alaska


Notes

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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., ...
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