Alaska is a U.S. state which has more than 12,000 rivers, and
thousands more streams and creeks. According to United States
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System, Alaska has
about 9,728 officially-named rivers, creeks, and streams. The most
notiable of these is most likely the The Copper River or Ahtna
River (Ahtna Athabascan 'Atna) is a 300-mile (480 km)river in
south-central Alaska.