McKinley River
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| McKinley River | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Alaska |
| District | Denali Borough |
| Source | Muldrow Glacier |
| - location | Denali National Park and Preserve |
| - elevation | 3,117 ft (950 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2] |
| Mouth | Kantishna River [3] |
| - location | confluence with Birch Creek, 23 miles (37 km) east of Lake Minchumina |
| - elevation | 646 ft (197 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2] |
| Length | 58 mi (93 km) [3] |
  Location of the mouth of the McKinley River in Alaska
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The McKinley River (Lower Tanana: Henteel no' Tl'o) is a 58-mile (93 km) tributary of the Kantishna River in central Alaska in the United States.[3] It drains an area on the north slope of the Alaska Range on the south edge of the Tanana Valley southwest of Fairbanks.[4] The river issues from Muldrow Glacier in the northern Alaska Range in Denali National Park and Preserve, northeast of Denali.[4] It flows through the tundra north of the Alaska Range in a generally northwest direction, joining Birch Creek to form the Kantishna River near Chilchukabena Lake.[4]
The river was named McKinley Fork by A.H. Brooks in 1905. Other names or variants include Henteeth No' Tl'o and Hintusno' Dikats.[2]
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- Rivers and streams of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
- Rivers and streams of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
