- location Olympic Peninsula - average 1,048 cu ft/s (30 m/s) Length 50 km Basin area 414.4 km² Mouth Bogachiel River | - elevation 26 ft (8 m) Discharge 29.68 m³/s Basin area 414.4 km² Source Olympic Mountains Country United States of America | |
- left South Fork Calawah River - right North Fork Calawah River - max 38,100 cu ft/s (1,079 m/s) | ||
The Calawah River is a 31 mi (50 km) tributary of the Bogachiel River in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on its Olympic Peninsula. Its two major tributaries are the South and North Forks Calawah River. The river drains an unpopulated portion of the low foothills of the Olympic Mountains; its entire watershed consists of virgin forest. 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.
Map of Calawah River, Washington, USA
The river's name comes from the Quileute word qàló?wa:, meaning "in between", or "middle river".
References
Calawah River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA