Matanuska River

Matanuska River
Matanuska River
	Silt-laden waters of the Chickaloon River (right center) enter the Matanuska River at mile 76 (km 123) of the Glenn Highway (upper right), a major highway connecting Anchorage to the rest of the state. The valley is forested with black cottonwood, balsam poplar, white spruce and paper birch.
	South-central Alaska, near Anchorage
	Location of the mouth of the Matanuska River in Alaska
Native name	Ch'atanhtnu (Tanaina)
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Matanuska-Susitna
Physical characteristics
Source	confluence of the river's east and south forks
• coordinates	61°47′27″N 147°29′07″W / 61.79083°N 147.48528°W
• elevation	2,033 ft (620 m)
Mouth	Knik Arm, Cook Inlet
• location	9.5 miles (15.3 km) southwest of Palmer
• coordinates	61°29′49″N 149°16′11″W / 61.49694°N 149.26972°W
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	75 mi (121 km)
Basin size	2,100 sq mi (5,400 km2)
Discharge
• location	Palmer
• average	3,875 cu ft/s (109.7 m3/s)
• minimum	234 cu ft/s (6.6 m3/s)
• maximum	82,100 cu ft/s (2,320 m3/s)

The Matanuska River (Dena'ina: Ch'atanhtnu; Ahtna: Ts'itonhna’) is a 75-mile (121 km) long river in Southcentral Alaska, United States.^[3] The river drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range eponymously known as the Matanuska Valley.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Matanuska River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
^ ^a ^b Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 628. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
^ Curran, J. H.; McTeague, M. L. (2011). "Geomorphology and Bank Erosion of the Matanuska River, Southcentral Alaska: Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5214" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. pp. 1–5. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "USGS 15284000 Matanuska River at Palmer, Alaska". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.