Foraker River

Foraker River
Country United States
State Alaska
District Denali Borough
Source Denali National Park and Preserve
 - location Foraker Glacier, Alaska Range
 - elevation 3,251 ft (991 m) [1]
 - coordinates 63°07′43″N 151°34′24″W / 63.12861°N 151.57333°W / 63.12861; -151.57333 [2]
Mouth Minchumina Lake [3]
 - location near village of Lake Minchumina
 - elevation 646 ft (197 m) [2]
 - coordinates 63°53′27″N 152°05′45″W / 63.89083°N 152.09583°W / 63.89083; -152.09583Coordinates: 63°53′27″N 152°05′45″W / 63.89083°N 152.09583°W / 63.89083; -152.09583 [2]
Length 60 mi (97 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Foraker River in Alaska

The Foraker River (Lower Tanana: Kwalana or Kotalhno) is a 60-mile (97 km) stream in central Alaska in the United States.[3] It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks.[4] The Herron River is a major tributary.[4]

The Foraker River issues from Foraker Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve, northwest of Mount Foraker.[4] It flows through the tundra to the north of the Alaska range in a generally northwest direction to Minchumina Lake near the village of Lake Minchumina.[4]

The river was named for its glacial source in 1925 by S.R. Capps of the U.S. Geological Survey. Other names or variants include Seyh Khoolanh No' and Gotothna River.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Foraker River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States Government Printing Office. p. 345. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 102&ndash, 03. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.


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