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 | | (tăn´enô), river, 600 mi (966 km) long, rising in W Yukon Territory near the Alaskan border and flowing NW across Alaska to the Yukon River; navigable for small boats to Fairbanks, the largest city on the river. |
 | | The Tanana valley, near Fairbanks, is central Alaska's chief farming area; grains, potatoes, and other vegetables are grown. |
 | | The Tanana, explored by Russian traders c.1860, became an important route to the Yukon goldfields in 1898. |
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