Chiwawa River

Coordinates: 47°47′18″N 120°39′32″W / 47.78833°N 120.65889°W / 47.78833; -120.65889

Chiwawa River
River
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Chelan
Source	North Cascades
- location	Entiat Mountains
- elevation	6,300 ft (1,920 m) [1]
- coordinates	48°9′11″N 120°55′2″W / 48.15306°N 120.91722°W / 48.15306; -120.91722 [2]
Mouth	Wenatchee River
- elevation	1,844 ft (562 m) [1]
- coordinates	47°47′18″N 120°39′32″W / 47.78833°N 120.65889°W / 47.78833; -120.65889 [2]
Length	37 mi (60 km) [3]
Basin	183 sq mi (474 km2) [3]
Discharge	for near mouth
- average	509 cu ft/s (14.41 m3/s) [4]
- max	7,030 cu ft/s (199.07 m3/s)
- min	45 cu ft/s (1.27 m3/s)

The Chiwawa River is a tributary of the Wenatchee River, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is completely contained within Chelan County.

Much of the Chiwawa River's drainage basin is designated national forest and wilderness. The upper Chiwawa watershed is in nearly pristine condition.^[3]

The river is part of the Columbia River basin, being a tributary of the Wenatchee River, which is tributary to the Columbia River.

The river's name comes from a Columbia-Moses term meaning of kind of creek ("wawa" creek).^[5] A large number of place names in the Chiwawa River basin were given by Albert H. Sylvester.

Course

The Chiwawa River originates in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades, on the southern slopes of Chiwawa Mountain and Fortress Mountain. It flows south through the Wenatchee National Forest, between Chiwawa Ridge to the west and the Entiat Mountains to the east.

The Chiwawa River empties into the Wenatchee River several miles east of Lake Wenatchee.

See also

• List of rivers in Washington
• Tributaries of the Columbia River

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates.
2. ^ ^{a b} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chiwawa River, USGS, GNIS
3. ^ ^{a b c} Wenatchee Subbasin Plan, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
4. ^ Water Resources Data, Washington Water year 2005, USGS
5. ^ Bright, William (2007). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780806135984. http://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C.