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- elevation
  
686 m (2,251 ft)

- average
  
569 cu ft/s (16 m/s)

Length
  
18 km

Discharge
  
16.11 m³/s

- elevation
  
515 m (1,690 ft)

- min
  
87 cu ft/s (2 m/s)

Basin area
  
279.7 km²

Basin area
  
279.7 km²

Country
  
United States of America


- max
  
16,900 cu ft/s (479 m/s)

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The Breitenbush River is a tributary of the North Santiam River in western Oregon in the United States. It drains a rugged, forested area of the Cascade Range east of Salem.

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Map of Breitenbush River, Oregon, USA

It descends from several short forks in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness in the high Cascades of eastern Marion County. The South Fork Breitenbush River begins at creeks flowing from Bays Lake and Russell Lake within Jefferson Park at approximately elevation 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and flows west-northwest, joining with other forks. The North Fork Breitenbush River begins at Breitenbush Lake (mostly on the Warm Springs Reservation) and joins with another fork which passes by Pyramid Lake. It flows west-northwest and connects with a half dozen other forks and creeks then turns west-southwest abeam Bald Butte. Several more creeks and Mink Creek and Rapidam Creek join before another fork.

The North and South forks flow west, joining 0.25 miles (400 m) east of the small community of Breitenbush. The combined stream flows generally west-southwest through the Willamette National Forest. It joins the North Santiam at Detroit. The lower 2 miles (3.2 km) of the river cut what is now an arm of Detroit Lake, formed by the Detroit Dam on the North Santiam. During the winter draw down of the reservoir, the original bed of the river is visible in its natural course.

References

Breitenbush River Wikipedia


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