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The Klickitat River outside Lyle, Washington
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Washington |
| County | Klickitat County, Yakima County |
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| - location | Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington |
| - elevation | 5,227 ft (1,593 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | [2] |
| Mouth | Columbia River |
| - location | Lyle, Washington |
| - elevation | 80 ft (24 m) [3] |
| - coordinates | [2] |
| Length | 75 mi (121 km) |
| Basin | 1,350 sq mi (3,496 km2) [4] |
| Discharge | for Lyle, at mouth |
| - average | 1,572 cu ft/s (45 m3/s) [5] |
| - max | 40,000 cu ft/s (1,133 m3/s) |
| - min | 360 cu ft/s (10 m3/s) |
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Mouth of the Klickitat River in Washington
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The Klickitat River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 75 miles (121 km) long, in south-central Washington in the United States. It drains a rugged plateau area on the eastern side of the Cascade Range northeast of Portland, Oregon. In 1986, 10 miles (16 km) of the river were designated Wild and Scenic from the confluence with Wheeler Creek, near the town of Pitt, to the confluence with the Columbia River.[6]
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The Klickitat River rises in the high Cascades near Tieton Peak, in northwestern Yakima County, in a remote corner of the Yakama Indian Reservation. It flows southeast, then generally south across the Lincoln Plateau. It enters northern Klickitat County, and meanders south through steep canyons. It enters the Columbia from the north at Lyle, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north-northwest of The Dalles, Oregon. State Route 142 follows the lower 15 miles (24 km) of the river. The river is bridged by State Route 14 at its mouth.
The Klickitat Trail follows the river on an abandoned railroad grade from near Goldendale, Washington to the Columbia River just west of The Dalles, Oregon, nearly 30 miles (48 km).