The Swift River (
Deg Xinag
Deg Xinag (Deg Hitan) is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Deg Hitʼan peoples of the GASH region. The GASH region consists of the villages of Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk, and Holy Cross along the lower Yukon River in Interior Alaska. ...
: ''Xelinhdi'';
Dena'ina: ''Huch'altnu'') is a tributary, about long, of the
Kuskokwim River
The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River (Yup'ik: ''Kusquqvak''; Deg Xinag: ''Digenegh''; Upper Kuskokwim: ''Dichinanek' ''; russian: Кускоквим (''Kuskokvim'')) is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth la ...
in the
U.S. state of
Alaska.
Formed by meltwater from several glaciers in the
Revelation Mountains
The Revelation Mountains are a small, rugged subrange of the Alaska Range in Alaska, United States. They mark the furthest western extent of the Alaska Range. The range is rarely visited because of the flying time necessary to get there and also be ...
of the
Alaska Range, the river flows generally west and northwest to meet the larger stream northeast of
Sleetmute
Sleetmute ( esu, Cellitemiut; Deg Xinag: ''Tovisq'oł'') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 86, down from 100 in 2000.
Geography and Climate
Sleetmute is locate ...
.
The Swift is upriver from the village of Stony River, not Sleetmute.
References
Rivers of Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Rivers of Alaska
Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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