- elevation 1,985 ft (605 m) | - elevation 249 ft (76 m) Country United States of America | |
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- location 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Bitzshtini Mountains |
The Cosna River is a 44-mile (71 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the central part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northward from the Bitzshtini Mountains into the Tanana west (downstream) of Manley Hot Springs.
Map of Cosna River, Alaska, USA
In 1899, Lieutenant J. S. Herron attributed the name to the Tanana peoples living in the area. 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.
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Cosna River (Alaska) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA