Talk:Chehalis River (Washington)

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I'm removing this claim: The Chehalis River is the largest river system located entirely within Washington state. Only the Columbia River located in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon is larger.

It's unclear whether "largest" means the size of the watershed/drainage basin or the volume of water flow. There is no info on the page about water flow and the external links don't provide that info. It might be true that the Chehalis has the largest flow of any river entirely within the state, but "only the Columber River is larger" seems unlikely.. what about the Snake, the Pend Oreille, the Skagit? These are big rivers. If "largest" means the size of the watershed, then the claim is definitely not true, as the Yakima River and Crab Creek both have larger watersheds entirely within the state. Pfly 18:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

That looks like a good call to me. [1] I was surprised how big the Yakima and Chelan watershed areas are. Walter Siegmund (talk) 19:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)