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USGS Streamflow Data for Washington; USGS Geographic Names Information Service; USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Washington (1974) This page was last edited on 26 ...
This is a list of rivers in the continental United States by average discharge (streamflow) in cubic feet per second. All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed.
Vertical panoramic view of Sol Duc Falls. The Sol Duc River (also spelled Soleduck) is a river in the U.S. state of Washington.About 78 miles (126 km) long, it flows west through the northwest part of the Olympic Peninsula, from the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, then through the broad Sol Duc Valley.
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 United States Geological Survey (USGS) operated a gaging station on the Touchet River at Bolles (between Waitsburg and Prescott) from 1924 to 1989. The average annual discharge was 226 cu ft/s (6.4 m 3 /s) with monthly averages ranging from a high of 440 cu ft/s (12 m 3 /s) in February to a low of 35 cu ft/s (0.99 m 3 /s) in August. [ 14 ]
The Yakima River is a tributary of the Columbia River in south central and eastern Washington state, named for the indigenous Yakama people. Lewis and Clark mention in their journals that the Chin-nâm pam (or the Lower Snake River Chamnapam Nation) called the river Tâpe têtt [6] (also rendered Tapteete), [7] possibly from the French tape-tête, meaning "head hit".
Eastern Washington residents may know Sun Lakes — Dry Falls State Park as a hidden treasure, but now the rest of the world is also getting a heads up.. The International Union of Geological ...
Packwood Lake was dammed in 1964 by the Washington Public Power Supply System (now called Energy Northwest). The dam holds back the lake (previously held back by an ancient landslide), redirecting streamflow to a 27 megawatt hydroelectric generator in the Cowlitz River valley floor 2,000 feet (600 m) below just outside the town of Packwood ...