Swift River | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Swift River in Alaska |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type4: | Census Area |
Subdivision Name4: | Bethel |
Length: | 100miles[1] |
Source1: | glaciers in the Revelation Mountains |
Source1 Location: | Alaska Range |
Source1 Coordinates: | 61.7139°N -154.0589°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 5476feet[2] |
Mouth: | Kuskokwim River |
Mouth Location: | 13miles northeast of Sleetmute |
Mouth Coordinates: | 61.8889°N -156.3083°W[3] |
Mouth Elevation: | 226feet |
The Swift River (Deg Xinag: Xelinhdi; Dena'ina: Huch'altnu) is a tributary, about 100miles long, of the Kuskokwim River in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Formed by meltwater from several glaciers in the Revelation Mountains of the Alaska Range, the river flows generally west and northwest to meet the larger stream 13miles northeast of Sleetmute.[1]
The Swift is 13miles upriver from the village of Stony River, not Sleetmute.