List of rivers of Alaska

This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are at least fifth-order according to the Strahler method of stream classification,^[1] and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more streams and creeks.^[2] According to United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System, Alaska has about 9,728 officially named rivers, creeks, and streams.^[A] The length of the river is given if it is available from the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

The Twentymile River near the Seward Highway, January 2015

By drainage basin[]

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries ordered from mouth to source, and indented under their downstream parent's name.

Arctic Ocean[]

Firth River – 125 miles (201 km)
Kongakut River – 110 miles (180 km)
Aichilik River – 75 miles (121 km)
Jago River – 90 miles (140 km)
Okpilak River – 70 miles (110 km)
– 90 miles (140 km)
– 70 miles (110 km)
Canning River – 125 miles (201 km)
- Marsh Fork Canning River – 50 miles (80 km)
– 75 miles (121 km)
- Kavik River – 75 miles (121 km)
Kadleroshilik River – 90 miles (140 km)
Sagavanirktok River – 185 miles (298 km)
- Ivishak River – 90 miles (140 km)
  - – 74 miles (119 km)
- – 50 miles (80 km)
- Atigun River – 45 miles (72 km)
Kuparuk River – 150 miles (240 km)
- – 120 miles (190 km)
Colville River – 350 miles (560 km)
- Itkillik River – 220 miles (350 km)
- Anaktuvuk River – 135 miles (217 km)
  - – 100 miles (160 km)
- Chandler River – 100 miles (160 km)
  - – 49 miles (79 km)
  - – 58 miles (93 km)
- Killik River – 105 miles (169 km)
  - – 50 miles (80 km)
- – 38 miles (61 km)
- – 80 miles (130 km)
- Awuna River – 200 miles (320 km)
- Etivluk River – 56 miles (90 km)
  - Nigu River – 70 miles (110 km)
- Ipnavik River – 68 miles (109 km)
- – 50 miles (80 km)
- – 50 miles (80 km)
– 110 miles (180 km)
– 195 miles (314 km)
- – 180 miles (290 km)
- – 45 miles (72 km)
– 160 miles (260 km)
Meade River – 150 miles (240 km)
- – 135 miles (217 km)
Kuk River – 36 miles (58 km)
- – 26 miles (42 km)
- – 78 miles (126 km)
- – 85 miles (137 km)
  - – 85 miles (137 km)
- – 60 miles (97 km)
Utukok River – 180 miles (290 km)
Kokolik River – 200 miles (320 km)
Kukpowruk River – 160 miles (260 km)
Pitmegea River – 42 miles (68 km)
Kukpuk River – 125 miles (201 km)
- – 85 miles (137 km)

Bering Strait[]

Kivalina River – 60 miles (97 km)
Wulik River – 80 miles (130 km)
Noatak River – 425 miles (684 km)
- – 42 miles (68 km)
- – 90 miles (140 km)
- – 45 miles (72 km)
- – 60 miles (97 km)
- – 65 miles (105 km)
- – 45 miles (72 km)
  - – 55 miles (89 km)
- – 45 miles (72 km)
Kobuk River – 280 miles (450 km)
- Squirrel River – 72 miles (116 km)
- Salmon River – 60 miles (97 km)
- – 75 miles (121 km)
- – 45 miles (72 km)
- – 50 miles (80 km)
- – 55 miles (89 km)
- – 52 miles (84 km)
Selawik River – 140 miles (230 km)
- Kugarak River – 58 miles (93 km)
- Tagagawik River – 85 miles (137 km)
Buckland River – 67 miles (108 km)
Kiwalik River – 58 miles (93 km)
Kugruk River – 60 miles (97 km)
- 30 miles (48 km)
Goodhope River – 48 miles (77 km)
Nugnugaluktuk River – 26 miles (42 km)
Agiapuk River – 60 miles (97 km)
- American River – 35 miles (56 km)
Kuzitrin River – 95 miles (153 km)
- Kruzgamepa River - 25 miles (40 km)
  - Grand Central River - 12 miles (19 km)
- Kougarok River – 45 miles (72 km)
- Noxapaga River – 56 miles (90 km)
Feather River – 17 miles (27 km)
Bluestone River – 13 miles (21 km)
Penny River – 13 miles (21 km)
Snake River
Nome River
Fish River – 47 miles (76 km)
- Niukluk River – 52 miles (84 km)
  - Casadepaga River – 32 miles (51 km)
Tubutulik River – 25 miles (40 km)
Koyuk River – 115 miles (185 km)
– 80 miles (130 km)
- Negromoon Creek
– 90 miles (140 km)
– 90 miles (140 km)
Unalakleet River – 90 miles (140 km)
- – 60 miles (97 km)
- – 50 miles (80 km)
– 65 miles (105 km)

Yukon River Basin[]

Yukon River – 1,980 miles (3,190 km)
- Andreafsky River – 120 miles (190 km)
  - East Fork Andreafsky River – 125 miles (201 km)
- Atchuelinguk River – 165 miles (266 km)
- – 60 miles (97 km)
- Innoko River – 500 miles (800 km)
  - – 70 miles (110 km)
    - – 65 miles (105 km)
  - Iditarod River – 325 miles (523 km)
    - – 60 miles (97 km)
  - – 57 miles (92 km)
  - – 60 miles (97 km)
- Bonasila River – 125 miles (201 km)
  - – 75 miles (121 km)
- Anvik River – 140 miles (230 km)
- – 85 miles (137 km)
- – 71 miles (114 km)
- Koyukuk River – 425 miles (684 km)
  - - 35 miles (56 km)
  - – 70 miles (110 km)
  - – 115 miles (185 km)
  - – 85 miles (137 km)
  - Huslia River – 100 miles (160 km)
  - Hogatza River – 120 miles (190 km)
  - – 53 miles (85 km)
  - Kanuti River – 175 miles (282 km)
    - – 60 miles (97 km)
  - Alatna River – 145 miles (233 km)
  - South Fork Koyukuk River – 140 miles (230 km)
    - – 60 miles (97 km)
    - – 60 miles (97 km)
  - John River – 125 miles (201 km)
  - – 60 miles (97 km)
  - North Fork Koyukuk River – 100 miles (160 km)
    - Tinayguk River – 44 miles (71 km)
  - Middle Fork Koyukuk River – 62 miles (100 km)
- – 85 miles (137 km)
- Melozitna River – 135 miles (217 km)
  - – 38 miles (61 km)
- Nowitna River – 250 miles (400 km)
  - – 100 miles (160 km)
  - – 80 miles (130 km)
    - – 52 miles (84 km)
  - – 41 miles (66 km)
- – 83 miles (134 km)
- Tanana River – 659 miles (1,061 km)
  - – 65 miles (105 km)
  - Cosna River – 44 miles (71 km)
  - – 63 miles (101 km)
  - Kantishna River – 108 miles (174 km)
    - Toklat River – 85 miles (137 km)
    - Bearpaw River – 55 miles (89 km)
      - Moose Creek
        Lake Creek
    - McKinley River – 58 miles (93 km)
    - – 65 miles (105 km)
      - – 25 miles (40 km)
        Foraker River – 60 miles (97 km)
        Herron River – 48 miles (77 km)
  - – 117 miles (188 km)
    - Chatanika River – 128 miles (206 km)
  - Nenana River – 140 miles (230 km)
    - Teklanika River – 90 miles (140 km)
  - – 115 miles (185 km)
  - Chena River – 100 miles (160 km)
  - Salcha River – 125 miles (201 km)
  - – 24 miles (39 km)
  - – 40 miles (64 km)
  - Delta River – 80 miles (130 km)
  - Goodpaster River – 91 miles (146 km)
  - – 60 miles (97 km)
  - – 75 miles (121 km)
  - – 105 miles (169 km)
  - Nabesna River – 75 miles (121 km)
- – 50 miles (80 km)
  - Troublesome Creek (Hess Creek)
- Ray River – 43 miles (69 km)
- Dall River – 80 miles (130 km)
- Hodzana River – 125 miles (201 km)
- Beaver Creek – 180 miles (290 km)
- – 93 miles (150 km)
- Birch Creek – 150 miles (240 km)
  - – 68 miles (109 km)
- Chandalar River – 100 miles (160 km)
  - East Fork Chandalar River – 175 miles (282 km)
    - North Fork East Fork Chandalar River – 54 miles (87 km)
    - Wind River – 80 miles (130 km)
    - – 65 miles (105 km)
  - Middle Fork Chandalar River – 102 miles (164 km)
  - North Fork Chandalar River – 104 miles (167 km)
- Christian River – 140 miles (230 km)
- Porcupine River – 569 miles (916 km)
  - Grass River – 39 miles (63 km)
    - – 82 miles (132 km)
  - Draanjik River – 160 miles (260 km)
    - Salmon Fork Black River – 90 miles (140 km)
    - Grayling Fork Black River – 80 miles (130 km)
  - Sheenjek River – 200 miles (320 km)
    - – 72 miles (116 km)
  - Coleen River – 52 miles (84 km)
  - Old Crow River – 175 miles (282 km)
- Charley River – 88 miles (142 km)
- Kandik River – 82 miles (132 km)
- – 70 miles (110 km)
- – 58 miles (93 km)
- – 70 miles (110 km)
- Fortymile River – 60 miles (97 km)
  - North Fork Fortymile River – 44 miles (71 km)
    - Middle Fork Fortymile River – 60 miles (97 km)
  - South Fork Fortymile River – 33 miles (53 km)
    - Mosquito Fork – 86 miles (138 km)
    - Dennison Fork – 60 miles (97 km)
- Sixtymile River – 85 miles (137 km)
- White River – 200 miles (320 km)
  - – 100 miles (160 km)
  - – 85 miles (137 km)

Bering Sea[]

The Tangle Lakes in the Alaska Range sit on the divide between the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska watersheds, and are the source of the Delta River

– 90 miles (140 km)
– 65 miles (105 km)
– 60 miles (Kashunuk distributary)
– 225 miles (Yukon distributary)
– 75 miles (121 km)
– 50 miles (80 km)
Joshua Green River - 15 miles (24 km)
Ninglick River – 44 miles (71 km)
- – 80 miles (130 km)
– 40 miles (64 km)
Kuskokwim River – 724 miles (1,165 km)
- Eek River – 108 miles (174 km)
- – 215 miles (346 km)
- – 70 miles (110 km)
- – 85 miles (137 km)
- – 90 miles (140 km)
- – 90 miles (140 km)
- Aniak River – 140 miles (230 km)
- – 80 miles (130 km)
- Holitna River – 110 miles (180 km)
  - – 165 miles (266 km)
- Stony River – 190 miles (310 km)
- Swift River – 100 miles (160 km)
- – 120 miles (190 km)
  - – 88 miles (142 km)
- Middle Fork Kuskokwim River – 130 miles (210 km)
  - – 130 miles (210 km)
- South Fork Kuskokwim River – 130 miles (210 km)
- East Fork Kuskokwim River – 40 miles (64 km)
  - Slow Fork – 60 miles (97 km)
  - – 75 miles (121 km)
- North Fork Kuskokwim River – 150 miles (240 km)
  - Swift Fork – 75 miles (121 km)
Kanektok River – 75 miles (121 km)
– 38 miles (61 km)
– 60 miles (97 km)
Togiak River – 48 miles (77 km)
Igushik River – 50 miles (80 km)
– 45 miles (72 km)
Nushagak River – 242 miles (389 km)
- Wood River – 20 miles (32 km)
- – 36 miles (58 km)
- Mulchatna River – 160 miles (260 km)
  - – 45 miles (72 km)
  - Chilikadrotna River – 55 miles (89 km)
- Nuyakuk River – 36 miles (58 km)
  - Tikchik River – 45 miles (72 km)
- King Salmon River – 45 miles (72 km)
Kvichak River – 50 miles (80 km)
- Alagnak River – 64 miles (103 km)
- Newhalen River – 22 miles (35 km)
  - – 90 miles (140 km)
  - Tlikakila River – 50 miles (80 km)
Naknek River – 35 miles (56 km)
- – 35 miles (56 km)
  - – 50 miles (80 km)
Egegik River (also Ugaguk) – 28 miles (45 km)
- King Salmon River – 60 miles (97 km)
Dago Creek – 50 miles (80 km)
Ugashik River – 43 miles (69 km)
- King Salmon River – 35 miles (56 km)
- Dog Salmon River – 70 miles (110 km)
Cinder River – 44 miles (71 km)
Meshik River – 31 miles (50 km)
– 50 miles (80 km)

Gulf of Alaska[]

– 20 miles (32 km)
Aniakchak River – 27 miles (43 km)
– 28 miles (45 km)
Karluk River – 24 miles (39 km)
– 38 miles (61 km)
McNeil River – 22 miles (35 km)
– 33 miles (53 km)
- Chakachatna River – 36 miles (58 km)
– 35 miles (56 km)

The Denali Highway crosses the upper Susitna river

Susitna River – 313 miles (504 km)
- Yentna River – 75 miles (121 km)
  - – 60 miles (97 km)
  - Skwentna River – 100 miles (160 km)
    - Talachulitna River – 45 miles (72 km)
- Deshka River – 44 miles (71 km)
  - Kroto Creek
  - Moose Creek
- Talkeetna River – 85 miles (137 km)
- Chulitna River – 70 miles (110 km)
  - – 34 miles (55 km)
- – 55 miles (89 km)
- – 30 miles (48 km)
- – 55 miles (89 km)
Little Susitna River – 110 miles (180 km)
Matanuska River – 75 miles (121 km)
- – 34 miles (55 km)
Knik River – 25 miles (40 km)
Eklutna River – 22 miles (35 km)
Eagle River – 40 miles (64 km)
Ship Creek – 30 miles (48 km)
– 36 miles (58 km)
Swanson River – 40 miles (64 km)
Kenai River – 75 miles (121 km)
- Snow River
Kasilof River – 17 miles (27 km)
– 47 miles (76 km)
- – 44 miles (71 km)
Ninilchik River – 21 miles (34 km)
Anchor River – 30 miles (48 km)
Fox River – 27 miles (43 km)
Martin River – 7 miles (11 km)
Lowe River – 20 miles (32 km)
Copper River – 300 miles (480 km)
- – 22 miles (35 km)
- Bremner River – 40 miles (64 km)
- – 34 miles (55 km)
- Chitina River – 112 miles (180 km)
  - Nizina River – 37 miles (60 km)
  - Tana River – 31 miles (50 km)
- Slana River – 55 miles (89 km)
- – 60 miles (97 km)
- Klutina River – 63 miles (101 km)
- Tazlina River – 30 miles (48 km)
- Gulkana River – 50 miles (80 km)
- Gakona River – 64 miles (103 km)
- – 48 miles (77 km)

Southeast Alaska[]

– 21 miles (34 km)
– 28 miles (45 km)
Yahtse River
Alsek River – 240 miles (390 km)
Endicott River – 25 miles (40 km)
Chilkat River – 52 miles (84 km)
- Tsirku River – 25 miles (40 km)
- Klehini River – 30 miles (48 km)
Chilkoot River – 20 miles (32 km)
Taiya River – 17 miles (27 km)
Eagle River (Favorite Channel) – 5 miles (8 km)
Taku River – 54 miles (87 km)
Whiting River – 40 miles (64 km)
Stikine River – 379 miles (610 km)
Eagle River (Bradfield Canal) – 8 miles (13 km)
King Salmon River – 11 miles (18 km)
Craig River enters Canada to join the Iskut
Unuk River – 28 miles (45 km)
– 37 miles (60 km)
Kelsall River
Skagway River
- (Porcupine River tributary)

Alphabetically[]

The Snow River near Seward

Agiapuk River
Aichilik River
Alagnak River
Alatna River
Alsek River
American River
Anaktuvuk River
Anchor River
Andreafsky River
Aniak River
Aniakchak River
Anvil Creek
Another River
Anvik River
Atchuelinguk River
Atigun River
Awuna River
Babel River
Bearpaw River
Beaver Creek (Yukon River tributary)
Birch Creek (Yukon River tributary)
Bonasila River
Bremner River
Buckland River
Canning River
Chakachatna River
Chandalar River
Chandler River
Charley River
Chatanika River
Chena River
Chilikadrotna River
Chilkat River
Chilkoot River
Chitina River
Christian River
Chulitna River (Susitna River tributary)
Cinder River
Ciissinraq River
Coleen River
Colville River
Copper River
Cosna River
Dago Creek
Dall River
Delta River
Demon Creek
Deshka River
Dick Dale Creek
Dog Salmon River
Draanjik River
Eagle River
Eek River
Egegik River
Eklutna River
Endicott River
Espenberg River
Etivluk River
Firth River
Fish River
Foraker River
Fortymile River
Fox River
Gakona River
Goodhope River
Goodpaster River
Gulkana River
Hodzana River
Hogatza River
Holitna River
Huslia River
Iditarod River
Igushik River
Innoko River
Ipnavik River
Itkillik River
Ivishak River
Jago River
John River
Joshua Green River
Kadleroshilik River
Kandik River
Kanektok River
Kantishna River
Kanuti River
Karluk River
Kasilof River

The Kasilof River in autumn

Kavik River
Kelsall River
Kenai River
Killik River
King Salmon River (Nushagak River tributary)
King Salmon River (Egegik River tributary)
King Salmon River (Ugashik River tributary)
Kivalina River
Kiwalik River
Klehini River
Klutina River
Knik River
Kobuk River
Kokolik River
Kongakut River
Kougarok River
Koyuk River
Koyukuk River
Kugarak River
Kugruk River
Kuk River
Kukpowruk River
Kukpuk River
Kuparuk River
Kuskokwim River
Kuzitrin River
Kvichak River
Lake Creek
Little Susitna River
Louse Creek
Lowe River
Martin River

Matanuska Glacier in the Chugach Mountains is the source of the Matanuska river

Matanuska River
McKinley River
McNeil River
Meade River
Melozitna River
Meshik River
Moose Creek
Mulchatna River
Nabesna River
Naknek River
Nenana River
Newhalen River
Nigu River
Ninglick River
Ninilchik River
Niukluk River
Nizina River
Noatak River
Nowitna River
Noxapaga River
Nugnugaluktuk River
Nushagak River
Nuyakuk River
Okpilak River
Old Crow River
Pitmegea River
Porcupine River
Quail Creek
Queer Creek
Ray River
Sagavanirktok River
Salcha River
Salmon River (Kobuk River tributary)
Selawik River
Sheenjek River
Ship Creek
Sixtymile River
Skagway River
Skwentna River
Snake River
Snow River
Squirrel River
Stikine River
Stony River
Susitna River
Swanson River
Swift River
Tagagawik River
Taiya River
Taku River
Talachulitna River
Talkeetna River
Tana River

Buried crossing of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline on the Tanana River

Tanana River
Tazlina River
Teklanika River
Tikchik River
Tinayguk River
Tlikakila River
Togiak River
Toklat River
Tsirku River
Tubutulik River
Twentymile River in Chugach National Forest
Ugashik River
Unalakleet River
Unuk River
Utukok River
Wetbutt Creek
White River
Whiting River
Wind River
Wood River (Nushagak River tributary)
Wulik River
Yahtse River
Yentna River
Yukon River

Notes[]

^ A: Notes:

USGS GNIS named streams by Borough or Census Area:^[3]

# Streams and GNIS query Link	Borough or Census Area
58	Aleutians East
139	Aleutians West (CA)
70	Anchorage
469	Bethel (CA)
10	Bristol Bay
275	Denali
189	Dillingham (CA)
367	Fairbanks North Star
38	Haines
103	Hoonah–Angoon (CA)
113	Juneau
398	Kenai Peninsula
101	Ketchikan Gateway
114	Kodiak Island
181	Kusilvak (CA)
267	Lake and Peninsula
607	Matanuska-Susitna
1389	Nome (CA)
653	North Slope
512	Northwest Arctic
56	Petersburg (CA)
139	Prince of Wales–Hyder (CA)
44	Sitka
15	Skagway
590	Southeast Fairbanks (CA)
679	Valdez–Cordova (CA)^{[needs update]}
56	Wrangell
52	Yakutat
1953	Yukon–Koyukuk (CA)
9637	TOTAL

References[]

^ Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Alaska (Map). Alaska: United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1987.
^ "Alaska Hydrologic Survey". Division of Mining, Land and Water; Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
^ "Named rivers of Alaska". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

General references[]

"Water Resources Program". Division of Mining, Land and Water, Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
"Alaska Water Resources Publications". Water Resources of Alaska, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
"Water Resources for Alaska GIS datasets". Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
"Water Resources". Alaska Science Center, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
"Geographic Names Information Systsem (GNIS) query". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[1] Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Alaska (Map). Alaska: United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1987.

[2] "Alaska Hydrologic Survey". Division of Mining, Land and Water; Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

[3] "Named rivers of Alaska". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

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