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]
Calawah River
Calawah River, looking upstream from the US Highway 101 bridge
calawah, river, tributary, bogachiel, river, clallam, county, state, washington, olympic, peninsula, major, tributaries, south, north, forks, river, drains, unpopulated, portion, foothills, olympic, mountains, entire, watershed, consists, virgin, forest, 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 Calawah RiverCalawah River looking upstream from the US Highway 101 bridgeLocationCountryUnited StatesStateWashingtonRegionClallam County WashingtonPhysical characteristicsSourceOlympic Mountains locationOlympic Peninsula coordinates47 58 14 N 124 20 03 W 47 97056 N 124 33417 W 47 97056 124 33417MouthBogachiel River coordinates47 55 58 N 124 26 51 W 47 93278 N 124 44750 W 47 93278 124 44750 elevation26 ft 7 9 m Length31 mi 50 km Basin size160 sq mi 410 km2 Discharge locationUSGS gage 12043000 at river mile 6 6 near Forks WA 1 average1 048 cu ft s 29 7 m3 s 1 minimum15 cu ft s 0 42 m3 s maximum38 100 cu ft s 1 080 m3 s Basin featuresTributaries leftSouth Fork Calawah River rightNorth Fork Calawah River The river s name comes from the Quileute word qalo wa meaning in between 7 or middle river 8 The highway 101 bridge over the Calawah River near Forks WashingtonSee also editList of rivers of Washington Quillayute River Sol Duc RiverReferences edit 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 United States Department of the Interior 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 amp goblins A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park CP Publications p 18 ISBN 0 914195 00 X nbsp This Clallam County Washington state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in the state of Washington is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Calawah River amp oldid 1137004262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
