The Mulchatna River heads at Turquoise Lake, flows SW to Nushagak River, 65 mi. NE of Dillingham, Bristol Bay Low. Its Eskimo name was reported as "Molchatna" by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 U.S. Census; shown as "Pahls-chat-nok or Mul-chat-na" by H. C. Fasset, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF), on a 1910 map; "Mulchatna" reportedly conforms to the local pronunciation (USGS).
<nowiki>Mulchatna; Mulchatna River; Mulchatna River; Ríu Mulchatna; Mulchatna; Mulchatna; Afon Mulchatna; نهر مولتشاتنا; Abhainn Mulchatna; Mulchatna River; 马尔查特纳河; Mulchatna River; cours d'eau d'Alaska, États-Unis; נהר; watergang in Verenigde Staten van Amerika; アミリカ合衆国ぬ川; linker Nebenfluss des Nushagak River in Alaska; river in Alaska; نهر في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية; 美国河流; sruthchúrsa</nowiki>