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Snow River
Snow River is located in Alaska
Snow River
Location of the mouth of the Snow River in Alaska
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough Kenai Peninsula
Physical characteristics
Main source Snow Glacier
Chugach National Forest
1,721 ft (525 m)
60°26′14″N 149°01′43″W / 60.43722°N 149.02861°W / 60.43722; -149.02861
2nd source Near Godwin Glacier (South Fork)
River mouth Kenai Lake
12 miles (19 km) northeast of Seward
436 ft (133 m)
60°20′18″N 149°21′16″W / 60.33833°N 149.35444°W / 60.33833; -149.35444
Length 28 mi (45 km)

The Snow River is a 28-mile (45 km) tributary of Kenai Lake in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, it flows southwest through Chugach National Forest where its main and south forks join to near Primrose at the southern inlet of the lake. The river mouth is about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Seward. Along its final reaches, the river intersects the Iditarod Trail and passes under the Seward Highway. The glacier from which it flows has an associated glacial dammed lake that releases every few years, often causing flooding in Primrose and Kenai Lake.

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