Yentna River

Infobox River
river_name = Yentna River


image_size =
caption = Yentna River in Southcentral Alaska
origin = coord|62|16|50|N|151|46|26|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNISCite gnis|1412339|Yentna River] East Fork Yentna River and West Fork Yentna River Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
mouth = coord|61|33|38|N|150|29|4|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNIS|display=inline,title Susitna River Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
basin_countries = United States of America
length = convert|75|mi|km
elevation = Unit ft|200|0Cite gnis|1401617|East Fork Yetna River] Cite gnis|1411902|West Fork Yetna River]
mouth_elevation = Unit ft|26|0
discharge = convert|0|cuft|m3 per second at mouth [Fact|date=June 2008]
watershed = convert|0|sqmi|km2 [Fact|date=June 2008] The Yentna River [United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: ] is a river in South Central Alaska, formed by its East Fork and West Fork at coord|62|16|50|N|151|46|26|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNIS, flows South-East to Susitna River, convert|30|mi|km North-West of Anchorage, Alaska; Cook Inlet Low.

History

Tanaina Indian name reported by Spurr (1900, p. 46), United States Geological Survey."Sometimes called Johnson River after the first white man to ascend it."

Watershed

It begins in the Mount Dall glacier system and flows southeast to the Susitna River convert|2|mi|km north of Susitna. The river system (including upstream tributaries) is about convert|100|mi|km long.

Tributaries

From mouth to source:
*Kahiltna River Coord|61|51|11|N|150|46|46|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNIS|name=Kahiltna River, Elevation: Convert|75|ft|m [Cite gnis|1404319|Kahiltna River]
*Bottle Creek (Yentna River) Coord|61|57|49|N|151|4|44|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNIS|name=Bottle Creek (Yentna River), Elevation: Convert|125|ft|m [Cite gnis|1399328|Bottle Creek (Yentna River)]
*Skwentna River Coord|61|59|8|N|151|8|23|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNIS|name=Skwentna River, Elevation: Convert|125|ft|m [Cite gnis|1409694|Skwentna River]
*East Fork Yentna River Coord|62|16|49|N|151|46|26|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNIS|name=East Fork Yentna River, Elevation: Convert|200|ft|m
*West Fork Yentna River Coord|62|16|49|N|151|46|26|W|region:US-AK_type:river_source:GNIS|name=East Fork Yentna River, Elevation: Convert|200|ft|m

See also

*List of Alaska rivers

References