Copper River

The Copper River or Ahtna River, "river of copper", is a 290-mile river in south-central in the United States. It drains a large region of the and into the Gulf of Alaska.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Alaska
  • Also known as: ‘Atna’”, “‘Atna’tuu”, “Aetna River”, “Ahtena”, “Ahtna River”, “At River”, “Atnah River”, “Eekheeni”, “Eeḵhéeni”, “Fluss Atna”, “K’etna‘”, “Kupfer Fluss”, “Miednaia”, “Rio de los Perdidos”, and “Ryka Mydnaya

Copper River

Latitude
60.36787° or 60° 22′ 4″ north
Longitude
-144.98327° or 144° 58′ 60″ west
Open location code
93GQ9298+4M
Geo­Names ID
5859870
Wiki­data ID
Q1131444
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Copper River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر كوبر (ألاسكا)
  • Arabic: نهر كوبر
  • Asturian: Ríu Copper
  • Bulgarian: Копър (река)
  • Bulgarian: Копър
  • Catalan: riu Copper
  • Catalan: Riu Copper
  • Cebuano: Copper River
  • Chinese: 銅河流域
  • Chinese: 铜河
  • Czech: Atna River
  • Czech: Copper River
  • Czech: Copper
  • Czech: Měděná řeka
  • Danish: Copper River
  • Dutch: Copper River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر كوپير
  • Esperanto: Kupra Rivero
  • French: Copper River
  • French: Copper
  • German: Atna River
  • German: Copper River
  • Hebrew: נהר קופר (אלסקה)
  • Hebrew: נהר קופר
  • Hebrew: קופר
  • Irish: Abhainn Copper
  • Italian: Copper
  • Japanese: カッパー川
  • Japanese: コッパー川
  • Lithuanian: Koperis (upė)
  • Lithuanian: Koperis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Copper River
  • Norwegian: Copper
  • Polish: Rzeka Miedziana
  • Russian: Коппер
  • Serbo-Croatian: Copper
  • Spanish: Rio Copper
  • Spanish: Río Copper
  • Turkish: Ahtna Nehri
  • Turkish: Copper Nehri (Alaska)
  • Turkish: Copper Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Мідна річка
  • Venetian: Copper
  • Welsh: Afon Copper

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kokinhenik Island and Kokinhenik Branch.

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