Willapa River
| Willapa River | ||
 Willapa River at Raymond |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1509528 | |
| location | Washington (USA) | |
| River system | Willapa River | |
| origin | Blaney Creek 46 ° 29 ′ 50 " N , 123 ° 24 ′ 47" W. |
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| muzzle | at South Bend in Willapa Bay Coordinates: 46 ° 42 '27 " N , 123 ° 51' 2" W 46 ° 42 '27 " N , 123 ° 51' 2" W. |
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| Mouth height |
0 m
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| length | 32 km | |
| Catchment area | 674 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near Willapa |
NNQ (1970) MQ HHQ (2007) |
790 l / s 1.44 m³ / s 6.43 m³ / s |
| Small towns | Raymond (Washington) , South Bend | |
The Willapa River is a river in Pacific County in southwest Washington state .
It rises about 40 km west of Chehalis in the Willapa Hills . It flows northwest and drains a mostly hilly area north of the Columbia River , until after about 32 km at South Bend it flows into Willapa Bay , a large estuary on the Pacific coast.
The river is named after the Willapa , an Athabaskan-speaking Indian tribe who populated the river valley and the region up to the source streams of the Chehalis and Cowlitz Rivers .
Web links
- USGS Real Time Water Data: Willapa River
- Willapa River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ↑ EPA: Washington - Willapa River. Retrieved July 23, 2011 .
- ↑ USGS Real Time Water Data: Willapa River. Retrieved July 23, 2011 .
- ^ Curtis, Edward S .: The North American Indian. Volume 9 - The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa. Seattle 1913, p. 154