Calawah River
| Calawah River | |
| River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Washington |
| Region | Clallam County |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | South Fork Calawah River |
| - right | North Fork Calawah River |
| Source | Olympic Mountains |
| - location | Olympic Peninsula |
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| Mouth | Bogachiel River |
| - elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
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| Length | 31 mi (50 km) |
| Basin | 160 sq mi (414 km2) |
| Discharge | for USGS gage 12043000 at river mile 6.6, near Forks, WA |
| - average | 1,048 cu ft/s (30 m3/s) [1] |
| - max | 38,100 cu ft/s (1,079 m3/s) |
| - min | 15 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
The Calawah River is a 31 mi (50 km)[2] tributary of the Bogachiel River in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on its Olympic Peninsula.[3] Its two major tributaries are the South and North Forks Calawah River.[4] The river drains an unpopulated portion of the low foothills of the Olympic Mountains; its entire watershed consists of virgin forest.[5] The river drains 129 square miles (330 km2) above U.S. Highway 101, which crosses the river about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) upstream of its mouth.[6]
The river's name comes from the Quileute word qàló?wa:, meaning "in between",[7] or "middle river".[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Physical characteristics of selected rivers draining the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
- ↑ Landes, Henry (1917). Bulletin. Washington Geological Survey, p. 88
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Wood, Robert (2000). Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park and National Forest. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-618-9, p. 310
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