- Deschutes River (Washington)
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Deschutes River Tumwater Falls of the Deschutes River, Tumwater, Washington.Country United States State Washington County Thurston, Lewis Source Cascade Range - coordinates 46°41′0″N 122°26′17″W / 46.683333°N 122.43806°W [1] Mouth Puget Sound - coordinates 47°1′6″N 122°54′13″W / 47.01833°N 122.90361°W [1] Length 50 mi (80 km) Basin 162 sq mi (420 km2) [2] Discharge for river mile 2.4 at Tumwater - average 396 cu ft/s (11.2 m3/s) [2] - max 8,150 cu ft/s (230.8 m3/s) - min 48 cu ft/s (1.4 m3/s) The Deschutes River is a 50-mile (80 km)-long river in Washington, United States. Its source is in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Lewis County, and it empties into Budd Inlet of Puget Sound at Olympia in Thurston County. It was given its name by French fur traders, who called it Rivière des Chutes, or "River of the Falls."
It is famous for the brewery which was located there from 1896 until Prohibition. The Olympia Brewing Company bought the brewery after Prohibition ended in 1933. (Today it is owned by SABMiller, but is no longer operational.)
The river has numerous parks along it, including Pioneer Park and Tumwater Falls Park. A popular tubing stretch runs from Pioneer Park to Tumwater Falls.
A small tributary of the Deschutes River is Lake Lawrence, a 339-acre (1.37 km2) spring-fed residential and fishing lake approximately equidistant from the communities of Yelm to the northwest, and Rainier to the west.
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deschutes River
- ^ a b "Water Resources Data-Washington Water Year 2005; Deschutes and Nisqually River Basins; 12080010 Deschutes River at E Street Bridge, at Tumwater, WA". United States Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-wa-05-1/pdf/wa00103ADR2005_Figure24.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
Categories:- Rivers of Washington (state)
- Landforms of Thurston County, Washington
- Landforms of Lewis County, Washington
- Washington (state) geography stubs
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