Matanuska River

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The Matanuska River is a glacially fed river in southcentral Alaska known for its scenic valley, braided channels, and proximity to the Matanuska Glacier.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Matanuska River canonical 27
Matanuska River watershed 3
Matanuska River basin 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial river ⓘ
river ⓘ
approximateLength 120 miles ⓘ
190 kilometers ⓘ
climateInfluence strongly influenced by glacial melt and seasonal temperature variations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Glenn Highway ⓘ
drainageBasin Matanuska Valley ⓘ
etymology name derived from a Russian adaptation of an Alaska Native word ⓘ
fedBy glacial meltwater ⓘ
flowsInto Cook Inlet ⓘ
Knik Arm ⓘ
flowsThrough Chickaloon, Alaska ⓘ
Glacier View, Alaska ⓘ
Matanuska-Susitna Borough ⓘ
Palmer, Alaska ⓘ
Sutton, Alaska ⓘ
hasCharacteristic braided channels ⓘ
high sediment load ⓘ
turbid water ⓘ
hasHazard bank erosion ⓘ
glacial outburst floods ⓘ
rapidly changing channels ⓘ
hasTributary Caribou Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chickaloon River ⓘ
Kings River ⓘ
Purinton Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasValley Matanuska Valley ⓘ
knownFor recreational fishing ⓘ
river rafting tours ⓘ
scenic valley ⓘ
views of Matanuska Glacier ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Southcentral Alaska ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn near Palmer, Alaska ⓘ
near Matanuska Glacier ⓘ
Matanuska-Susitna Valley communities ⓘ
parallelTo Glenn Highway ⓘ
peakFlowSeason late spring and summer ⓘ
region Chugach Mountains ⓘ
Talkeetna Mountains ⓘ
riverSystem Cook Inlet watershed ⓘ
linked to: Cook Inlet
source Matanuska Glacier ⓘ
usedFor recreation ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterType cold freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chugach Mountains → borderedBy → Matanuska River ⓘ
Cook Inlet → hasMajorRiverMouth → Matanuska River ⓘ
M/V Matanuska → namedAfter → Matanuska River ⓘ
Glenn Highway → hasScenicViewsOf → Matanuska River ⓘ
Palmer → locatedNear → Matanuska River ⓘ
Matanuska Glacier → locatedAlong → Matanuska River ⓘ
Matanuska Glacier → flowsInto → Matanuska River ⓘ
Matanuska Glacier → feeds → Matanuska River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Matanuska River
Matanuska-Susitna Borough → namedAfter → Matanuska River ⓘ
Matanuska-Susitna Borough → containsRiver → Matanuska River ⓘ
Knik Arm → mouthOf → Matanuska River ⓘ
Talkeetna Mountains → drainage → Matanuska River basin ⓘ
linked to: Matanuska River
Matanuska Valley → namedAfter → Matanuska River ⓘ
Matanuska Valley → hasRiver → Matanuska River ⓘ
MV Matanuska → namedAfter → Matanuska River ⓘ
Wasilla, Alaska → recreationAccess → Matanuska River ⓘ
Glacier View, Alaska → near → Matanuska River ⓘ
Sutton, Alaska → locatedOnRiver → Matanuska River ⓘ
subject linked to: Sutton
Butte, Alaska → near → Matanuska River ⓘ
subject linked to: Butte
Chickaloon → locatedNearRiver → Matanuska River ⓘ
Alaska river system → hasMajorRiver → Matanuska River ⓘ
Chickaloon, Alaska → locatedAlong → Matanuska River corridor ⓘ
linked to: Matanuska River
Sutton, Alaska → locatedOnRiver → Matanuska River ⓘ
Palmer, Alaska → locatedOn → Matanuska River ⓘ
Kings River → mouthOf → Matanuska River ⓘ
Kings River → tributaryOf → Matanuska River ⓘ
Kings River → partOf → Matanuska River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Matanuska River
Chickaloon River → tributaryOf → Matanuska River ⓘ
Chickaloon River → mouthLocatedAt → Matanuska River ⓘ
Chickaloon River → partOf → Matanuska River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Matanuska River
Chickaloon River → flowsInto → Matanuska River ⓘ
Chickaloon River → drainageBasin → Matanuska River basin ⓘ
linked to: Matanuska River