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Chiwawa River

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- location
  
Entiat Mountains

- elevation
  
1,844 ft (562 m)

Length
  
60 km

Discharge
  
14.41 m³/s

Mouth
  
Wenatchee River

- elevation
  
6,300 ft (1,920 m)

- min
  
45 cu ft/s (1.27 m/s)

Basin area
  
474 km²

Basin area
  
474 km²

Country
  
United States of America

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- average
  
509 cu ft/s (14.41 m/s)

- max
  
7,030 cu ft/s (199.07 m/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.

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Map of Chiwawa River, Washington, USA

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

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). A large number of place names in the Chiwawa River basin were given by Albert H. Sylvester.

CourseEdit

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.

References

Chiwawa River Wikipedia