Calawah River
The Calawah River is a 31 mi (50 km)[1] tributary of the Bogachiel River in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on its Olympic Peninsula.[2] Its two major tributaries are the South and North Forks Calawah River.[3] The river drains an unpopulated portion of the low foothills of the Olympic Mountains; its entire watershed consists of virgin forest.[4] 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.[5]
The river's name comes from the Quileute word qàló?wa:, meaning "in between",[6] or "middle river".[7]
See also
References
- ^ Physical characteristics of selected rivers draining the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
- ^ Landes, Henry (1917). Bulletin. Washington Geological Survey, p. 88
- ^ "Calawah River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ Wood, Robert (2000). Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park and National Forest. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-618-9, p. 310
- ^ "Calawah River Streamflow for Forks, Washington". National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. Real-time. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Bright, William (2007). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
- ^ Parratt, Smitty (1984). Gods & goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park. CP Publications. p. 18. ISBN 0-914195-00-X.
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