Hangman Creek
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Hangman Creek Latah Creek |
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| Water code | US : 1505370 | |
| location | Idaho , Washington (USA) | |
| River system | Columbia River | |
| Drain over | Spokane River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean | |
| Headwaters | Hoodoo Mountains 47 ° 6 ′ 53 ″ N , 116 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 1000 m | |
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Spokane River Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '35 " N , 117 ° 27' 26" W 47 ° 39 '35 " N , 117 ° 27' 26" W. |
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| Mouth height | 521 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 479 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 4.8 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 100 km | |
| Catchment area | 1784 km² | |
| Discharge A Eo : 1784 km² Location: 1 km above the mouth |
MQ 1949/2017 Mq 1949/2017 |
6.6 m³ / s 3.7 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Rock Creek | |
| Communities | Tekoa | |
 Map showing the location of Hangman Creek |
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The Hangman Creek , alternative unofficial name Latah Creek , is an approximately 100 km long left tributary of the Spokane River in northwest Idaho and in the east of the US state Washington . The river name refers to the place where the Yakama chief Qualchan was hanged in 1858 by men under Colonel George Wright . A renaming of the river in "Latah Creek" was rejected in 1999 by the US Board on Geographic Names (USBGN).
River course
Hangman Creek has its source in the Hoodoo Mountains in northwest Idaho at an altitude of about 1,000 m . It flows in a predominantly northwestern direction through the extreme northeast of the Columbia Plateau . After 30 km he crosses the border to Washington. He passes the village of Tekoa . The Hangman Creek finally flows into the Spokane River on the western edge of the city of Spokane .
Hydrology
The Hangman Creek drains an area of 1784 km². The mean discharge at the mouth is 6.6 m³ / s.
