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.[1]

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References

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


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraker_River
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