Chewuch River
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| location | Okanogan County , Washington , USA | |
| River system | Columbia River | |
| Drain over | Methow River → Columbia River → Pacific | |
| source | Confluence of Remmell Creek and Cathedral Creek 48 ° 56 ′ 45 ″ N , 120 ° 9 ′ 39 ″ W |
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| Source height | 1704 m | |
| muzzle | Methow River Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′ 35 " N , 120 ° 11 ′ 0" W 48 ° 28 ′ 35 " N , 120 ° 11 ′ 0" W |
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| Mouth height | 533 m | |
| Height difference | 1171 m | |
| Bottom slope | 16 ‰ | |
| length | 72.4 km | |
| Catchment area | 1360 km² | |
| Drain |
NNQ MQ HHQ |
1 m³ / s 10 m³ / s 170 m³ / s |
The Chewuch River is a river in Okanogan County , Washington state .
The name comes from the word / cwáx / [čwáx] from the Columbia-Moses and means "brook".
The river valley was the site of the Thirty Mile Fire , a forest fire in the Okanogan National Forest that killed four firefighters in July 2001.
course
The Chewuch River rises in the Cascade Range northeast of Remmel Mountain at the confluence of Remmel Creek and Cathedral Creek . it flows generally south and flows into the Methow River at Winthrop , which is a tributary of the Columbia River . Tributaries of the Chewuch River are Andrews Creek , Lake Creek , Eightmile Creek, and Cub Creek .
Just below the mouth of Meadow Creek , the river plunges as Chewuch Falls about 9 m into the depth.
The following discharge values were measured on the Chewuch River:
- Medium: 10 m³ / s
- Maximum: 170 m³ / s
- Minimum: 1 m³ / s
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Calculated with Google Earth
- ^ A b c d Washington Water Year 2005 , USGS Water Resources Data
- ^ William Bright: Native American placenames of the United States . University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4 , p. 95 (Retrieved April 11, 2011).
- ↑ Thirtymile Fire Investigation (PDF) United States Forest Service. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
