Hodzana River

Hodzana River
	Location of the mouth of the Hodzana River in Alaska
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″N150°02′59″W / 66.49222°N 150.04972°W [1]
- elevation	3,196 ft (974 m) [2]
River 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″N147°46′23″W / 66.29167°N 147.77306°W Coordinates: 66°17′30″N147°46′23″W / 66.29167°N 147.77306°W [1]
- elevation	335 ft (102 m) [1]
Length	125 mi (201 km) [1]

Last updated April 07, 2019

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]

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Hodzana River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2000. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
1 2 3 Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 136&ndash, 37. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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.

[DeLorme-3] 1 2 3 Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. pp. 136&ndash, 37. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.

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