| 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 / 47.97056; -124.33417 |
| Mouth | Bogachiel River |
| • coordinates | 47°55′58″N 124°26′51″W / 47.93278°N 124.44750°W / 47.93278; -124.44750 |
| • elevation | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Length | 31 mi (50 km) |
| Basin size | 160 sq mi (410 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS gage 12043000 at river mile 6.6, near Forks, WA |
| • average | 1,048 cu ft/s (29.7 m/s) |
| • minimum | 15 cu ft/s (0.42 m/s) |
| • maximum | 38,100 cu ft/s (1,080 m/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | South Fork Calawah River |
| • right | North Fork Calawah River |
The Calawah River is a 31 mi (50 km) tributary of the Bogachiel River in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on its Olympic Peninsula. Its two major tributaries are the South and North Forks Calawah River. The river drains an unpopulated portion of the low foothills of the Olympic Mountains; its entire watershed consists of virgin forest. The river drains 129 square miles (330 km) above U.S. Highway 101, which crosses the river about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) upstream of its mouth.
The river's name comes from the Quileute word qàló?wa:, meaning "in between", or "middle river".
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". 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 & goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park. CP Publications. p. 18. ISBN 0-914195-00-X.
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