Calapooia River
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| Calapooia River | |
 The Calapooia River at its confluence with the Willamette River, Albany
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Linn |
| Source | Cascade Range |
| - elevation | 4,552 ft (1,387 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | 44°15′54″N 122°19′25″W / 44.265°N 122.32361°W [2] |
| Mouth | Willamette River |
| - elevation | 180 ft (55 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | 44°38′20″N 123°6′36″W / 44.63889°N 123.11°W [2] |
| Length | 72 mi (116 km) [3] |
| Basin | 365 sq mi (945 km2) [3] |
  Location of the mouth of the Calapooia River in Oregon
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The Calapooia River is a 72-mile (116 km) tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.
The Calapooia runs through Crawfordsville and Brownsville in the Willamette Valley. The river converges with the Willamette near Albany. It was named for the Kalapuya (also spelled Calapooia), a tribe of Native Americans.
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[edit] References
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ a b c "Calapooia River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1118456. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "The River". Willamette Riverkeeper. http://www.willamette-riverkeeper.org/nww1.htm. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
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