Suiattle River

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Suiattle River
Data
Water code US1526676
location Washington (State) , USA
River system Skagit River
Drain over Sauk River  → Skagit River  → Puget Sound
source Suiattle Glacier on Glacier Peak in Snohomish County
48 ° 4 ′ 56 ″  N , 121 ° 5 ′ 28 ″  W
muzzle in Skagit County in the Sauk River Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  N , 121 ° 32 ′ 51 ″  W 48 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  N , 121 ° 32 ′ 51 ″  W

The Suiattle River is a river in the US state of Washington .

River course

The Suiattle River rises from the Suiattle Glacier on the slopes of the Glacier Peak of the Cascade Range . It mostly flows towards the Sauk River and north of Darrington in this. It empties over the Skagit River into Skagit Bay , part of the Puget Sound .

The Suiattle River is a National Wild and Scenic River .

Tributaries

The largest tributaries of the Suiattle River are Chocolate Creek, Dusty Creek, Sulpher Creek, and Downey Creek.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Washington Water Year 2005 (pdf) United States Geological Survey (USGS). 2005. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
  2. ^ Skagit Wild and Scenic River, Washington . The Wild & Scenic Rivers Council. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 22, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rivers.gov