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]