Quinault River
| Quinault River | |
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Washington | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Olympic Mountains |
| • coordinates | 47°42′6″N 123°20′3″W / 47.70167°N 123.33417°W[1] |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Taholah |
• coordinates | 47°20′58″N 124°17′59″W / 47.34944°N 124.29972°W[1] |
| Length | 69 mi (111 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 188 sq mi (490 km2)[3] |
The Quinault River (Quinault Indian Reservation.
The Quinault River's drainage basin is 188 square miles (487 km2) in area.[3] Its main tributaries include the North Fork Quinault River, Graves Creek, Fox Creek, and Cook Creek.[2]
A well maintained trail follows the East Fork of the Quinault from Graves Creek to the Enchanted Valley Ranger Station through old growth rain forest.[4] In early summer snow melt creates many waterfalls in the valley, giving it the name "Valley of a Thousand Waterfalls".[5]
The Quinault River has been reaching new recorded lows in recent years, as it was fed by the Anderson Glacier which had melted away by 2011.[6]
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The Chow Chow Bridge ca. 1968 -
Enchanted Valley, East Fork Quinault River -
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See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quinault River
- ^ a b c "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 September 2010. ArcExplorer GIS data viewer.
- ^ a b "Watershed Boundary Dataset". USDA, NRCS, National Cartography & Geospatial Center. Retrieved 4 September 2010. ArcExplorer GIS data viewer.
- ^ Angeles, Mailing Address: 600 E. Park Avenue Port; Us, WA 98362 Phone: 360 565-3130 Contact. "East Fork Quinault River Trail - Olympic National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved Mar 25, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Seattle PI: Enchanted Valley Aptly Named". Retrieved Mar 25, 2023.
- ^ Ahearn, Ashley (December 2, 2015). "Facing Rising Waters, A Native Tribe Takes Its Plea To Paris Climate Talks". NPR.
But without the glacier, the Quinault River was lower than ever before recorded. So low that while walking through a newly exposed stretch of river bed, one tribal member accidentally stubbed his toe on what turned out to be a mastodon jaw that may have been submerged since the last ice age.
External links
Media related to Quinault River at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Fork Quinault River, USGS GNIS entry
- Quinault Indian Nation
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