Back نهر كوبر (ألاسكا) Arabic نهر كوپير ARZ Копър (река) Bulgarian Riu Copper Catalan Copper River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Alaska, Valdez-Cordova Census Area) CEB Copper (řeka) Czech Copper River Danish Copper River (Alaska) German Río Copper Spanish Copper (rivière) French
| Copper River | |
|---|---|
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Chitina_dipnet.jpg) A fisherman (bottom center) dipnetting for salmon on the Copper River at Chitina in Southcentral Alaska | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Copper Glacier on Mount Wrangell |
| • coordinates | 62°10′39″N 143°49′05″W / 62.17750°N 143.81806°W |
| • elevation | 4,380 ft (1,340 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Copper Bay of Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 60°23′19″N 144°57′39″W / 60.38861°N 144.96083°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 290 mi (470 km) |
| Basin size | 24,000 sq mi (62,000 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 57,400 cu ft/s (1,630 m3/s) at mouth |
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The Copper River or Ahtna River (/ˈɑːtnə/), Ahtna Athabascan ‘Atna’tuu ([ʔatʰnaʔtʰuː]), "river of the Ahtnas",[1] Tlingit Eeḵhéeni ([ʔìːq.híː.nì]), "river of copper",[2][3] is a 290-mile (470 km) river in south-central Alaska in the United States. It drains a large region of the Wrangell Mountains and Chugach Mountains into the Gulf of Alaska.[4] It is known for its extensive delta ecosystem, as well as for its prolific runs of wild salmon, which are among the most highly prized stocks in the world.[5] The river is the tenth largest in the United States, as ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth.[6]
- ^ Smelcer, John (2011). AHTNA NOUN DICTIONARY and Pronunciation Guide (PDF) (2nd ed.). Copper Center, Alaska: The Ahtna Heritage Foundation. pp. 28, 34. ISBN 978-0-9656310-2-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Tlingit (Lingít, Łingít)". Omniglot. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Thornton, Thomas F (January 2012). University of Washington (ed.). Being and Place Among the Tlingit, p. 64. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295800400. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ^ "Geological Survey Circular, Issues 491-500". USGS. 1950. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Special Ecological Sites IN ALASKA'S EASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND & COPPER RIVER DELTA (PDF). Anchorage, Alaska: National Wildlife Federation. 2005. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Largest Rivers in the United States" (PDF). USGS.