Sanpoil River

Geobox River
name = Sanpoil River
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country = United States
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state = Washington
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city = Republic
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length_imperial = 70
length_note = [http://www.bartleby.com/69/57/G04257.html Grande Ronde River] , The Columbia Gazetteer of North America]
watershed_imperial = 981
watershed_note = [http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/admin/level2/intermtn/plan/sanpoil.pdf San Poil] , Intermountain Province Plan, Northwest Power and Conservation Council]
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source_lat_d = 48
source_lat_m = 38
source_lat_s = 54
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source_long_d = 118
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source_long_EW = W
source_coordinates_note = Gnis|1531504|Sanpoil River, USGS, GNIS]
source_elevation_imperial = 2735
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mouth_name = Columbia River
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tributary_right = West Fork Sanpoil River
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map_caption = ::"For other references, see Sanpoil (disambiguation)."The Sanpoil River (also spelled San Poil) is a tributary of the Columbia River, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Course

The Sanpoil River originates near the city of Republic, in the Okanagan Highland, east of the Okanogan River. It flows south through the Colville National Forest, Okanogan National Forest, and the Colville Indian Reservation. After entering the reservation the river receives its main tributary, the West Fork Sanpoil River. It then receives a number of smaller tributaries such as Twentyone Mile Creek, Twentythree Mile Creek, and Thirty Mile Creek.

The Sanpoil River enters Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (FDR Lake), the impounded Columbia River above Grand Coulee Dam. The dam impounded the last few miles of the Sanpoil River as well. This part of FDR Lake is called Sanpoil Arm.

Habitats

* mountain riparian
* mixed forest
* wetland
* freshwater marsh

Birds

* Common Loon
* Barrow’s Goldeneye
* Golden and Bald Eagles
* Northern Pygmy-Owl
* Black-chinned, Calliope, and Rufous Hummingbirds
* Lewis’s and Pileated Woodpeckers
* Red-naped Sapsucker
* Hammond’s, Dusky, and Pacific-slope Flycatchers
* Cassin’s Vireo
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Western Bluebird
* Northern Waterthrush

ee also

* Tributaries of the Columbia River

References

Further reading

* Atwater, Brian F. "Pleistocene Glacial-Lake Deposits of the Sanpoil River Valley, Northeastern Washington. U.S. Geological Survey bulletin, 1661". Washington: G.P.O., 1986.
* Atwater, Brian F. "Guidebook for 1983 Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip to the Sanpoil River Valley, Northeastern Washington". U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 83-456. Menlo Park, CA: U.S. Geological Survey, 1983.
* Geological Survey (U.S.), and L. L. Bryan. "Plan and Profile of Hall Creek, Mouth to Mile 4 and Dam Sites on Sanpoil River, Washington". [Washington, D.C.] : Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1930.
* Juul, Steve Thorvald Julius, et al. "Nonpoint Pollution at the Headwaters of the Sanpoil River in Ferry County, Washington". Pullman, Wash: State of Washington Water Research Center, 1993.
* Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission. "River Mile Index: Moses Coulee, Crab & Foster Creeks, Okanogan (Okanagan), Sanpoil, Colville & Kettle Rivers". [S.l.] : The Committee, 1968.
* Trotter, Patrick C. "Genetic and Phenotype Catalog of Native Resident Trout of the Interior Columbia River Basin: FY-99 Report : Populations of the Pend Oreille, Kettle, and Sanpoil River Basins of Colville National Forest". [Portland, OR: Bonneville Power Administration, 2001.

External links

* [http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA061-056 Birdwatching along the Sanpoil River trail]