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 |
| - coordinates | 47°58′14″N 124°20′03″W / 47.97056°N 124.33417°W |
| Mouth | Bogachiel River |
| - elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
| - coordinates | 47°55′58″N 124°26′51″W / 47.93278°N 124.44750°WCoordinates: 47°55′58″N 124°26′51″W / 47.93278°N 124.44750°W |
| 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
- ↑ "Water-Data Report 2008, 12043000 Calawah River near Forks, WA" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ↑ Physical characteristics of selected rivers draining the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
- ↑ Landes, Henry (1917). Bulletin. Washington Geological Survey, p. 88
- ↑ "Calawah River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ↑ Wood, Robert (2000). Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park and National Forest. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-618-9, p. 310
- ↑ "Calawah River Streamflow for Forks, Washington". National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. Real-time. Retrieved 2009-07-27. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Bright, William (2007). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
- ↑ Parratt, Smitty (1984). Gods & goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park. CP Publications. p. 18. ISBN 0-914195-00-X.
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