Chiwawa River
River in Washington, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chiwawa River is a tributary of the Wenatchee River, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is completely contained within Chelan County.
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Chiwawa River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Chelan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | North Cascades |
• location | Entiat Mountains |
• coordinates | 48°9′11″N 120°55′2″W[1] |
• elevation | 6,300 ft (1,900 m)[2] |
Mouth | Wenatchee River |
• coordinates | 47°47′18″N 120°39′32″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,844 ft (562 m)[2] |
Length | 37 mi (60 km)[3] |
Basin size | 183 sq mi (470 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | near mouth[4] |
• average | 509 cu ft/s (14.4 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 45 cu ft/s (1.3 m3/s) |
• maximum | 7,030 cu ft/s (199 m3/s) |
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Much of the Chiwawa River's drainage basin is designated national forest and wilderness. The upper Chiwawa watershed is in nearly pristine condition.[3]
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).[5] A large number of place names in the Chiwawa River basin were given by Albert H. Sylvester.