Hodzana River

The Hodzana River is a 125-mile (201 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge covers a large part of the river basin.[3]

Hodzana River
Location of the mouth of the Hodzana River in Alaska
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Yukon–Koyukuk
Physical characteristics
Source	southern flanks of the Brooks Range
• location	west of Dall Mountain on the Arctic Circle
• coordinates	66°29′32″N 150°02′59″W[1]
• elevation	3,196 ft (974 m)[2]
Mouth	Hodzana Slough of the Yukon River[1]
• location	12 miles (19 km) southwest of Beaver, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
• coordinates	66°17′30″N 147°46′23″W[1]
• elevation	335 ft (102 m)[1]
Length	125 mi (201 km)[1]

Beginning west of Dall Mountain just south of the Arctic Circle, the river flows northeast into the wildlife refuge, then southeast to Hodzana Slough, an arm of the Yukon.[3] The river mouth is 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Beaver,[1] a village further up the Yukon.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Alaska

References

1. "Hodzana River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
2. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
3. Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 136–37. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.