Herron River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
District | Denali Borough |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Herron Glacier, Alaska Range |
• location | Denali National Park and Preserve |
• coordinates | 63°05′35″N 151°39′11″W / 63.09306°N 151.65306°W |
• elevation | 3,134 ft (955 m) [2] |
Mouth | Foraker River [1] |
• location | 17 miles (27 km) south of Lake Minchumina |
• coordinates | 63°38′53″N 152°09′31″W / 63.64806°N 152.15861°W [1] |
• elevation | 801 ft (244 m) [2] |
Length | 48 mi (77 km) [1] |
The Herron River ( Lower Tanana: K'otaal No’ or Tsatasronik) is a 48-mile (77 km) tributary of the Foraker River in central Alaska in the United States. [1] It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks. [3]
The river issues from Herron Glacier in the northern Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve, northwest of Mount Foraker. [3] It flows through the tundra to the north of the Alaska range in a generally northwest direction, forming part of the boundary between national park lands and national preserve lands. [3]
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 K'otal No', Tsatasronick and Sishuluthna River. [4]
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