Payette River

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Payette River
Lower Payette River

Lower Payette River

Data
Water code US :  388284
location Payette County , Gem County , Boise County , Idaho (USA)
River system Columbia River
Drain over Snake River  → Columbia River  → Pacific Ocean
Confluence of North Fork and South Fork Payette River
44 ° 5 ′ 4 "  N , 116 ° 6 ′ 54"  W
Source height 855  m
muzzle Snake River Coordinates: 44 ° 5 '32 "  N , 116 ° 57' 9"  W 44 ° 5 '32 "  N , 116 ° 57' 9"  W.
Mouth height 648  m
Height difference 207 m
Bottom slope 1.5 ‰
length 134 km
Catchment area 8392 km²
Discharge at the gauge near Payette
A Eo : 8388 km²
Location: 6 km above the mouth 		MQ 1936/2016
Mq 1936/2016
 		83 m³ / s
9.9 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Squaw Creek, Big Willow Creek, Little Willow Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Black Canyon Reservoir
Small towns Emmett , Payette
Communities Horseshoe Bend
Course of the river and catchment area of ​​the Payette River

Course of the river and catchment area of ​​the Payette River

The Payette River is a right tributary of the Snake River in the east of the US state Idaho .

The river arises at the confluence of its two headwaters, North Fork and South Fork Payette River , on the western edge of the Rocky Mountains . At first it still flows through the mountains. He passes the village of Horseshoe Bend . It is then dammed below the confluence of Squaw Creek to the Black Canyon Reservoir . An irrigation canal branches off to the left and right of the dam. The lower reaches of the Payette River runs through the Snake River Plain , an arid plain. The river passes the small town of Emmett and turns to the northwest. The area along the river below the Black Canyon Dam is used for agriculture by means of irrigation . The Payette River finally flows into the Snake River at Payette , 75 km northwest of Boise .

The Payette River has a length of 134 km. It drains an area of ​​8392 km². The mean discharge at the mouth is 83 m³ / s. The highest monthly outflows occur there in May and June.

The river was named after François Payette , a fur trader for the North West Company .

Hydrometry

Average monthly discharge of the Payette River (in m³ / s) at the Payette gauge
measured from 1936–2016

Web links

Commons : Payette River  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ South Fork Payette River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b c Payette River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ↑ a b c USGS 13251000 PAYETTE RIVER NR PAYETTE ID