Calawah River

Calawah River
Calawah River
	Calawah River, looking upstream from the US Highway 101 bridge
Location
Country	United States
State	Washington
Region	Clallam County, Washington
Physical characteristics
Source	Olympic Mountains
• location	Olympic Peninsula
• coordinates	47°58′14″N 124°20′03″W / 47.97056°N 124.33417°W
Mouth	Bogachiel River
• 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
• elevation	26 ft (7.9 m)
Length	31 mi (50 km)
Basin size	160 sq mi (410 km2)
Discharge
• location	USGS gage 12043000 at river mile 6.6, near Forks, WA
• average	1,048 cu ft/s (29.7 m3/s)
• minimum	15 cu ft/s (0.42 m3/s)
• maximum	38,100 cu ft/s (1,080 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	South Fork Calawah River
• right	North Fork Calawah River

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]

The highway 101 bridge over the Calawah River, near Forks, Washington

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "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". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
^ 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. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
^ 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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[wdr-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Water-Data Report 2008, 12043000 Calawah River near Forks, WA" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[2] "Physical characteristics of selected rivers draining the Olympic Peninsula, Washington". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-08-03.

[3] Landes, Henry (1917). Bulletin. Washington Geological Survey, p. 88

[gnis-4] "Calawah River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

[5] Wood, Robert (2000). Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park and National Forest. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-618-9, p. 310

[6] "Calawah River Streamflow for Forks, Washington". National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

[7] Bright, William (2007). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.

[parratt-8] 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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