Copper River

American  

noun

1. a stream in S Alaska, flowing through the SE part. 300 miles (483 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Ahtna Inc., a corporation owned by Indigenous shareholders in the Copper River region — some 500 miles east of the Kuskokwim — has also sided with the Biden administration.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2023

Without federal protections on the Copper River, Ahtna anglers would risk getting “pushed out,” according to John Sky Starkey, a lawyer representing Ahtna.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2023

The bright fillets are fattier than many others, owing to the need for the fish to store up energy ahead of a particularly long haul up the Copper River.

From New York Times • May 28, 2021

The Copper River drains off the Wrangell and Chugach mountains in southcentral Alaska, east of Anchorage, feeding once-abundant salmon fisheries as it coursed through major points of the territory’s history.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2021

Then he pointed to a spot nearby where the blue line of the Copper River curved north.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis