Calawah River

Calawah River
River
Country United States
State Washington
Region Clallam County, Washington
Tributaries
 - left South Fork Calawah River
 - right North Fork Calawah River
Source Olympic Mountains
 - location Olympic Peninsula
 - coordinates 47°58′14″N 124°20′03″W / 47.97056°N 124.33417°W / 47.97056; -124.33417
Mouth Bogachiel River
 - elevation 26 ft (8 m)
 - coordinates 47°55′58″N 124°26′51″W / 47.93278°N 124.44750°W / 47.93278; -124.44750Coordinates: 47°55′58″N 124°26′51″W / 47.93278°N 124.44750°W / 47.93278; -124.44750
Length 31 mi (50 km)
Basin 160 sq mi (414 km2)
Discharge for USGS gage 12043000 at river mile 6.6, near Forks, WA
 - average 1,048 cu ft/s (30 m3/s) [1]
 - max 38,100 cu ft/s (1,079 m3/s)
 - min 15 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)

The Calawah River is a 31 mi (50 km)[2] tributary of the Bogachiel River in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on its Olympic Peninsula.[3] Its two major tributaries are the South and North Forks Calawah River.[4] The river drains an unpopulated portion of the low foothills of the Olympic Mountains; its entire watershed consists of virgin forest.[5] The river drains 129 square miles (330 km2) above U.S. Highway 101, which crosses the river about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) upstream of its mouth.[6]

The river's name comes from the Quileute word qàló?wa:, meaning "in between",[7] or "middle river".[8]

See also

References

  1. "Water-Data Report 2008, 12043000 Calawah River near Forks, WA" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  2. Physical characteristics of selected rivers draining the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
  3. Landes, Henry (1917). Bulletin. Washington Geological Survey, p. 88
  4. "Calawah River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  5. Wood, Robert (2000). Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park and National Forest. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-618-9, p. 310
  6. "Calawah River Streamflow for Forks, Washington". National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. Real-time. Retrieved 2009-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. Bright, William (2007). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
  8. Parratt, Smitty (1984). Gods & goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park. CP Publications. p. 18. ISBN 0-914195-00-X.


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