The Tanana River / ˈ t æ n ə n ɑː / (Lower Tanana: Tth'eetoo', Upper Tanana: Tth’iitu’ Niign) is a 584-mile (940 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [n 1] According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon (Athabaskan) tene no, tenene, literally "trail river". [7]

Tanana River, river, east-central Alaska, U.S. Its name is an Athabascan word meaning “river trail.” An important tributary of the Yukon River, it rises from two headstreams, the Chisana and Nabesna rivers on the north side of the Alaska Range, …

The TRMA affords highly varied fishing opportunities ranging from lake trout and Dolly Varden in the high elevation lakes along the Denali Highway to some of the highest quality Arctic grayling and coho (silver) salmon fisheries in the clear spring fed rivers within Interior Alaska.

2022年5月8日 · Located in the US state of Alaska's east-central region, the Tanana River is a 584-mile-long tributary of the Yukon River. With its headwaters situated at the confluence of the Chisana and Nabesna rivers in northern Northway, the Tanana River Basin drains approximately 45,918 square miles.

The Tanana River is a large glacially-fed river that flows from the Wrangell-St Elias Range to its confluence with the Yukon River at the village of Tanana. The Tanana River is road accessible at numerous locations between Tok, Fairbanks, and Nenana along both the Alaska and Richardson Highways, is often accessed by motorboat, and by ...

Heading at the confluence of the Chisana River and the Nabesna River at Northway Junction, flowing NW to the Yukon river, 3.5 mi E of the village of Tanana.

The Tanana River is a 584-mile tributary of the Yukon River. The river's headwaters are located at the confluence of the Chisana and Nabesna rivers just north of Northway in eastern Alaska.

2015年8月20日 · The Tanana drains the north side of the Alaska Range and much of the hills and swamps of Interior Alaska. Its watershed is larger than Virginia. The river flows 660 miles from near the village of Northway to where it rams the Yukon near the village of Tanana.

2025年1月25日 · The Tanana River is a 584-mile tributary of the Yukon River in the state of Alaska.. According to anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon and means "trail river". The river's headwaters are located at the confluence of the Chisana and Nabesna rivers just north of Northway in eastern Alaska.

When viewed from a hillside or a plane, the Tanana looks like the giant it is: a tan python slithering around wooded islands. Here on the surface as we launch from near the ghost town of Chena, the river is glassy and gentle. It is also milky with powdered mountain from Alaska Range glaciers.