Cosna River (Alaska)

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Cosna River
Country United States
State Alaska
District Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area
Source Bitzshtini Mountains
 - elevation 1,985 ft (605 m) [1]
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Mouth Tanana River [3]
 - location 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Bitzshtini Mountains
 - elevation 249 ft (76 m) [2]
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Length 44 mi (71 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of the Cosna River in Alaska

The Cosna River[pronunciation?] is a 44-mile (71 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the central part of the U.S. state of Alaska.[3] It flows northward from the Bitzshtini Mountains into the Tanana west (downstream) of Manley Hot Springs.[4]

In 1899, Lieutenant J. S. Herron attributed the name to the Tanana peoples living in the area.[2] However, a century later linguist William Bright, citing the Koyukon Athabascan Dictionary, attributed the name to the Koyukon words kk' os, schist rock, combined with no', river.[5]

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  1. Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
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