Klaskanine River

Klaskanine River
Klaskanine River
	Location of the mouth of Klaskanine River in Oregon
Etymology	An Indian word, Tlats-kani, referring to a point in the Nehalem Valley but applied by whites to two rivers in the area, the Klaskanine and the Clatskanie
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clatsop County
Physical characteristics
Source	Northern Oregon Coast Range
• location	Clatsop County, Oregon
• coordinates	46°05′24″N 123°44′48″W / 46.09000°N 123.74667°W
• elevation	30 ft (9.1 m)
Mouth	Youngs River
• location	near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
• coordinates	46°05′33″N 123°46′33″W / 46.09250°N 123.77583°WCoordinates: 46°05′33″N 123°46′33″W / 46.09250°N 123.77583°W
• elevation	3 ft (0.91 m)

The Klaskanine River is a tributary of the Youngs River, approximately 16 miles (26 km) long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a small section of the Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of the state in the watershed of the nearby Columbia River.

It rises in three short forks in the mountains in central Clatsop County, in the Clatsop State Forest north of Saddle Mountain State Natural Area. The Middle Fork joins the North Fork, which then joins the South Fork. The combined stream flows generally northwest and enters the Youngs River from the east approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Astoria.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Klaskanine River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 206–07 and 542–43. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.

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[gnis-1] "Klaskanine River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 16, 2009.

[McArthur-2] McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 206–07 and 542–43. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.

[source-3] Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.

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Klaskanine River
Location of the mouth of Klaskanine River in Oregon
Etymology	An Indian word, Tlats-kani, referring to a point in the Nehalem Valley but applied by whites to two rivers in the area, the Klaskanine and the Clatskanie^[2]
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clatsop County
Physical characteristics

Source	Northern Oregon Coast Range
• location	Clatsop County, Oregon
• coordinates	46°05′24″N 123°44′48″W / 46.09000°N 123.74667°W / 46.09000; -123.74667^[1]
• elevation	30 ft (9.1 m)^[3]

Mouth	Youngs River
• location	near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
• coordinates	46°05′33″N 123°46′33″W / 46.09250°N 123.77583°W / 46.09250; -123.77583Coordinates: 46°05′33″N 123°46′33″W / 46.09250°N 123.77583°W / 46.09250; -123.77583^[1]
• elevation	3 ft (0.91 m)^[1]

Klaskanine River

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