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{{Infobox river
| name = Tlikakila River
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| image = Tlikakila River.jpg
| image_size = 300
| image_caption = Flowing through mountains
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| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Tlikakila River in Alaska

| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = [[Alaska]]
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| subdivision_type4 = Borough
| subdivision_name4 = [[Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Kenai Peninsula]], [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula]]
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| length = {{convert|51|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="Rafting"/>
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| source1 = [[Summit Lake (Alaska)|Summit Lake]]
| source1_location = [[Lake Clark National Park]], [[Aleutian Range]], [[Kenai Peninsula Borough]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|60|47|06|N|152|47|46|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis"/>
| source1_elevation = {{convert|888|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>Derived by entering source coordinates in [[Google Earth]].</ref>
| mouth = Little Clark Lake
| mouth_location = {{convert|45|mi|km}} northeast of [[Nondalton, Alaska|Nondalton]], [[Lake and Peninsula Borough]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|60|23|31|N|153|48|37|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = January 1, 2000|url={{gnis3|1414144}} | title = Tlikakila River| access-date = November 28, 2013}}</ref>
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|253|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="gnis"/>
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| basin_size = {{convert|622|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Jettmar"/>
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| designation1_type = Wild
| designation1_date = December 2, 1980
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The '''Tlikakila River''' ([[Dena’ina language|Dena'ina Athabascan]] '''Łiq'a Qilanhtnu''', literally "salmon-are-there river")<ref>{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|page=498|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|isbn=0-8061-3576-X}}</ref> is a stream, {{convert|51|mi|km}} long,<ref name="Rafting"/> in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. The river, lying entirely within [[Lake Clark National Park]], flows southwest from Summit Lake in the [[Chigmit Mountains]] of the [[Aleutian Range]] to [[Lake Clark]].<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book|title=Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|pages=67–68|edition=7th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-89933-289-5}}</ref>

The Tlikakila is one of three national "wild rivers" in Lake Clark National Park.<ref name="Rafting">{{cite web|title=Lake Clark National Preserve and Park: Rafting|url=https://www.nps.gov/lacl/planyourvisit/rafting.htm|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=November 29, 2013}}</ref> The other two are the [[Mulchatna River|Mulchatna]] and the [[Chilikadrotna River|Chilikadrotna]],<ref name="Rafting"/> all added in 1980 to the [[National Wild and Scenic Rivers System]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tlikalkila River, Alaska|publisher=National Wild and Scenic Rivers System|url=http://www.rivers.gov/rivers/tlikakila.php |access-date=November 29, 2013}}</ref>

==Boating==
Varying from Class I (easy) to III (difficult) on the [[International Scale of River Difficulty]], the Tlikakila River is floatable by raft and kayak. ''The Alaska River Guide'' describes it as suitable for "intermediate boaters with good wilderness skills".<ref name="Jettmar">{{cite book|last=Jettmar|first=Karen|title=The Alaska River Guide: Canoeing, Kayaking, and Rafting in the Last Frontier|publisher=Menasha Ridge Press|location=Birmingham, Alabama|edition=3rd|year=2008|orig-year=1993|pages=189–90|isbn=978-0-89732-957-6}}</ref> To reach the floatable parts of the river from Summit Lake, boaters must make a {{convert|2|mi|km|0|adj=on}} [[portage]].<ref name="Rafting"/> Dangers include Class III rapids, which may require a second portage below the confluence with the North Fork Tlikakila River. Bears pose another danger, as does [[quicksand]] on the lower river.<ref name="Jettmar"/>

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Alaska]]

==References==
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{{Protected areas of Alaska}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Rivers of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Lake Clark National Park and Preserve]]
[[Category:Rivers of Alaska]]
[[Category:Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States]]

Tlikakila River - Revision history

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