Snow River Explained

Snow River
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Snow River in Alaska
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Alaska
Subdivision Type4:Borough
Subdivision Name4:Kenai Peninsula
Length:28miles
Source1:Snow Glacier
Source2:Near Godwin Glacier (South Fork)
Source1 Location:Chugach National Forest
Source1 Coordinates:60.4372°N -149.0286°W
Source1 Elevation:1721feet[1]
Mouth:Kenai Lake
Mouth Location:12miles northeast of Seward
Mouth Coordinates:60.3383°N -149.3544°W[2]
Mouth Elevation:436feet

The Snow River is a 28miles tributary of Kenai Lake in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] Beginning in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, it flows southwest through Chugach National Forest where its main and south forks join to near Primrose at the southern inlet of the lake. The river mouth is about 12miles northeast of Seward.[2] Along its final reaches, the river intersects the Iditarod Trail and passes under the Seward Highway.[3] The glacier from which it flows has an associated glacial dammed lake that releases every few years, often causing flooding in Primrose and Kenai Lake.[4]

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  1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
  2. Web site: Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey . March 31, 1981. [{{gnis3|1414829}} Snow River ]. December 11, 2013.
  3. Book: Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer. DeLorme. Yarmouth, Maine. 71. 7th. 2010. 978-0-89933-289-5.
  4. https://www.weather.gov/aprfc/gdlData?10 Glacial Dammed Lake Data