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The Nabesna River (''Naambia Niign'' in Upper Tanana) is a tributary of the Tanana River in the
U.S. state
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of Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...
. Beginning at Nabesna Glacier in the Alaska Range
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, 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.
Boating
The Nabesna River, swift-flowing in its upper reaches, passes through a deep valley that opens into broad plain. Gradually slowing, the river enters theTetlin National Wildlife Refuge
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge is a dynamic landscape made up of forests, wetlands, tundra, lakes, mountains and glacial rivers bounded by the snowy peaks of the Alaska Range. This upper Tanana River valley has been called the "Tetlin Passage," be ...
, a region of marshes, hills, lakes, and forests of spruce and birch.
The river, suited to running by rafts, hard-shelled kayaks, or decked canoes, is rated Class I (easy) to Class II (medium) on the International Scale of River Difficulty. The current is swift on the stream's upper and slow from there to the mouth
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. Dangers include cold, swift, silty water, and braided
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channels. Glacier melt may cause flow rates to rise significantly between morning and afternoon on warm days.
Fishing
The Nabesna is a popular fishing site in Alaska. Species such as theRainbow Trout
The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coast ...
, King Salmon
The Chinook salmon (''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'') is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon in North America, as well as the largest in the genus ''Oncorhynchus''. Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other ve ...
, Red Salmon and Coho Salmon.
See also
*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, and an incomplete list of otherwise-notable rivers and streams. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers, and thousands more st ...
References
{{Authority control Rivers of Alaska Rivers of Copper River Census Area, Alaska Rivers of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Tributaries of the Yukon River Tanana Athabaskans