Calawah River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Washington |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Clallam County, Washington |
Length: | 31miles |
Discharge1 Location: | USGS gage 12043000 at river mile 6.6, near Forks, WA[1] |
Discharge1 Min: | 15cuft/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1048cuft/s[2] |
Discharge1 Max: | 38100cuft/s |
Source1: | Olympic Mountains |
Source1 Location: | Olympic Peninsula |
Source1 Coordinates: | 47.9706°N -124.3342°W |
Mouth: | Bogachiel River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 47.9328°N -124.4475°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 26feet |
Basin Size: | 160sqmi |
Tributaries Left: | South Fork Calawah River |
Tributaries Right: | North Fork Calawah River |
The Calawah River is a 31miles[3] tributary of the Bogachiel River in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on its Olympic Peninsula.[4] Its two major tributaries are the South and North Forks Calawah River.[5] The river drains an unpopulated portion of the low foothills of the Olympic Mountains; its entire watershed consists of virgin forest.[6] The river drains 129mi2 above U.S. Highway 101, which crosses the river about 6.6miles upstream of its mouth.[7]
The river's name comes from the Quileute word qàló?wa:, meaning "in between",[8] or "middle river".[9]