title: Skwentna River
text: # Skwentna River
  
  The Skwentna River (Dena'ina: Shqitnu) is a river in the southwestern part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
  
  ## History
  
  Tanaina Indian name reported in 1898 by Spurr (1900,p. 48), USGS, as "Skwent River."
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Heads at South Twin Glacier at 61°26′00″N 152°41′00″W﻿ / ﻿61.43333°N 152.68333°W﻿ / 61.43333; -152.68333, flows North and East to Yentna River, 63 miles (101 km) North of Tyonek, Alaska Cook Inlet Low.
  
  ### Tributaries
  
  * Talachulitna River
  