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The Yentna River ( Dena'ina: ''Yentnu'') is a river in
It begins in the Mount Dall and Yentna glacier systems and flows southeast to the Susitna River north of Susitna. The river system (including upstream tributaries) is about long.
South Central Alaska
Southcentral Alaska (russian: Юго-Центральная Аляска) is the portion of the U.S. state of Alaska consisting of the shorelines and uplands of the central Gulf of Alaska. Most of the population of the state lives in this regio ...
, formed by its East Fork and West Fork at , flows South-East to Susitna River, North-West of Anchorage, Alaska; Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet ( tfn, Tikahtnu; Sugpiaq: ''Cungaaciq'') stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage. On its so ...
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History
Tanaina Indian name reported by Spurr (1900, p. 46),United States Geological Survey
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"Sometimes called Johnson River after the first white man to ascend it."
Watershed
It begins in the Mount Dall and Yentna glacier systems and flows southeast to the Susitna River north of Susitna. The river system (including upstream tributaries) is about long.
Tributaries
From mouth to source: * Kahiltna River , Elevation: * Bottle Creek (Yentna River) , Elevation: * Skwentna River , Elevation: * East Fork Yentna River , Elevation: * West Fork Yentna River , Elevation: Lake Creek just about 8 miles down river from Bottle Creek. Major fishing area: kings, reds, silvers. Winter sports, hunting. Moose Creek, Indian Creek, Fish lakes Creek, Hewitt Creek, Malone's Slough, Donkey Creek, Johnson Creek, Clearwater Creek, Rich Creek, Flag Creek, Delta Creek, Fourth of July Creek, & Kichatna River round out the rest of the main Yentna River Tributaries.See also
List of rivers of Alaska
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 has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more st ...
References
Rivers of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska Rivers of Alaska {{Alaska-river-stub