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Glacier River
Glacier River is located in Alaska
Glacier River
Country United States
State Alaska
City Anchorage
Physical characteristics
Main source Twentymile Glacier
River mouth Twentymile River
Near Portage
33 m (108 ft)
60°53′43″N 148°54′33″W / 60.89528°N 148.90917°W / 60.89528; -148.90917
Length 6.5 mi (10.5 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Carmen River

The Glacier River is a river 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Whittier near the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It rises in a remote valley from a glacial meltwater lake from Twentymile glacier and flows out into a large, wide valley where it receives the water of the Carmen River. The river ends abruptly after 6.5 miles (10.5 km) as it is joined by the Twentymile River. It was named by Captain E. F. Glenn in 1898.

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