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Chiwawa River
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Chiwawa River |
| pushpin_map | Washington#USA |
| pushpin_map_size | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the mouth of the Chiwawa River in Washington |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | United States |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Washington |
| subdivision_type3 | County |
| subdivision_name3 | Chelan |
| length | 37 mi |
| discharge1_location | near mouth |
| discharge1_min | 45 cuft/s |
| discharge1_avg | 509 cuft/s |
| discharge1_max | 7030 cuft/s |
| source1 | North Cascades |
| source1_location | Entiat Mountains |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 6300 ft |
| mouth | Wenatchee River |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 1844 ft |
| basin_size | 183 sqmi |
The Chiwawa River is a tributary of the Wenatchee River, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is completely contained within Chelan County.
Much of the Chiwawa River's drainage basin is designated national forest and wilderness. The upper Chiwawa watershed is in nearly pristine condition.
The river is part of the Columbia River basin, being a tributary of the Wenatchee River, which is a tributary to the Columbia River.
The river's name comes from a Columbia-Moses term meaning of kind of creek ("wawa" creek). A large number of place names in the Chiwawa River basin were given by Albert H. Sylvester.
Course
The Chiwawa River originates in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades, on the southern slopes of Chiwawa Mountain and Fortress Mountain. It flows south through the Wenatchee National Forest, between Chiwawa Ridge to the west and the Entiat Mountains to the east.
The Chiwawa River empties into the Wenatchee River several miles east of Lake Wenatchee.
References
References
- [http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/wenatchee/plan/ Wenatchee Subbasin Plan], Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- [https://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-wa-05-1/ Water Resources Data, Washington Water year 2005], [[United States Geological Survey. USGS]]
- {{Gnis. 1517735. Chiwawa River, [[United States Geological Survey. USGS]], [[Geographic Names Information System. GNIS]]
- [[Google Earth]] elevation for [[Geographic Names Information System. GNIS]] coordinates.
- Bright, William. (2007). "Native American placenames of the United States". University of Oklahoma Press.
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