Tanana River

The Tanana River is a 584-mile tributary of the in the U.S. state of . According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river." Early explorer and naturalist to Alaska…
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  • Stream
  • Description: left tributary of Yukon River in Alaska
  • Also known as
    “Ba’aaxe Tuu‘”
    “Chisana River”
    “Gen des Buttes River”
    “Nabesna River”
    “River of the Mountain Men”
    “Tanan-na River”
    “Tananah River”
    “Tannanah River”
    “Tenan”
    “Tene No‘”
    “Tenene”
    “Tennanah River”
    “Tth’eetoo‘”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tanana Mission.
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Church
The was a historic Episcopal church mission in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanana.
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Town
is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of . is situated 3½ miles west of Tanana River.
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Latitude
65.16056° or 65° 9′ 38″ north
Longitude
-151.96028° or 151° 57′ 37″ west
Open location code
93QC526Q+6V
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Tanana River” goes by many names.
نهر تاناناArabic
ՏանանաArmenian
Ríu TananaAsturian
TananaBasque
ТананаBelarusian
ТананаBulgarian
Riu TananaCatalan
Tanana RiverCatalan
Tanana RiverCebuano
塔納納河Chinese
塔納諾河Chinese
塔纳纳河Chinese
ТананаChuvash
TananaCzech
Tanana RiverDanish
Tanana RiverDutch
نهر تاناناEgyptian Arabic
טנאנהHebrew
Abhainn TananaIrish
TananaItalian
タナナ川Japanese
타나나강Korean
Flumen TananaLatin
TananaLatvian
TananaLithuanian
ტანანაMingrelian
ტანანა (წყარმალუ)Mingrelian
TananaNorwegian
TananaNorwegian Bokmål
رود تاناناPersian
TananaPolish
Fluviul TananaRomanian
Râul TananaRomanian
Tanana RiverRomanian
ТананаRussian
ТананаSerbian
TananaSerbo-Croatian
Tanana (rijeka)Serbo-Croatian
TananaSlovak
تانانا چاییSouth Azerbaijani
Tanana IrmağıTurkish
Tanana NehriTurkish
TananaVenetian
Afon TananaWelsh
TananaWestern Frisian
Tanana (rivier)Western Frisian

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