Nabesna River | |
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Native name | Naambia Niign (Upper Tanana) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Census Area | Valdez–Cordova, Southeast Fairbanks |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Nabesna Glacier |
• location | Wrangell Mountains, Alaska Range, Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve |
• coordinates | 62°10′10″N 142°51′00″W / 62.16944°N 142.85000°W[1] |
• elevation | 3,061 ft (933 m)[2] |
Mouth | Tanana River[1] |
• location | 41 miles (66 km) southeast of Tok, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge |
• coordinates | 63°02′57″N 141°51′57″W / 63.04917°N 141.86583°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,690 ft (520 m)[1] |
Length | 73 mi (117 km)[1] |
The Nabesna River (Naambia Niign in Upper Tanana) is a 73-mile (117 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Beginning at Nabesna Glacier in the Alaska Range, it flows north-northeast from Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve to join the Chisana River near Northway Junction. The combined rivers form the Tanana.[3]