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Maps showing the changes of course and nomenclature of rivers in the Duwamish Valley, 1899-1959. Before 1906, the White River joined the Green River near Auburn, and the combined river (under the name "White") joined the Black River at Tukwila, forming the Duwamish River, which emptied into Elliott Bay at Seattle.
At Auburn, the Green River emerges from the Green River Valley and enters the much larger Auburn/Kent Valley, which was created by glacial action during the Pleistocene ice ages, then filled in by river sediments and lahars from Mount Rainier. After flowing generally west from its source, at Auburn the river turns north, entering a zone of ...
Auburn is a city in King County, Washington, United States (with a small portion crossing into neighboring Pierce County). The population was 87,256 at the 2020 Census. [4] Auburn is a suburb in the Seattle metropolitan area, and is currently ranked as the 15th most populous city in the state of Washington.
The Duwamish River (Lushootseed: dxʷdəw) [1] ... Until 1906, the White and Green Rivers combined at Auburn, and joined the Black River at Tukwila to form the Duwamish.
The Stuck River in Washington state is a former small stream turned distributary and later final course of the White River, near Auburn to the Puyallup River at Sumner. The river's name comes from the Lushootseed word /stéq/ , "log jam", or /stəx̣/ , "gouged through", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] or "plowed through".
Howard A. Hanson Dam is an earthen embankment dam on the Green River, 21 miles (34 km) east of Auburn, Washington.The dam was completed in 1961 and its primary purpose is flood control along with water supply for Tacoma, Washington.
The river is dammed at Electron Diversion Dam shortly below the Mowich confluence. The dam diverts a portion of the Puyallup River into a long flume, which runs for several miles to Electron, where the water is passed through turbines in a hydroelectric powerhouse before being returned to the river. The Puyallup River passes through a steep and ...
Nooksack River; North Creek; North Fork Skykomish River; North Fork Snoqualmie River; North River; Okanogan River; Palouse River; Paradise River; Pend Oreille River; Pilchuck River; Pratt River; Puyallup River; Queets River; Quillayute River; Quinault River; Raging River; Rapid River; Rex River; Rock Creek (Latah Creek) Rock Creek (Palouse ...