Entiat River
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The Entiat River is a tributary of the Columbia River, joining the Columbia near Entiat. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) lists two variant names for the Entiat River: En-ti-at-kwa River and Entiatqua River.[1] The river's name is derived from the Columbia-Moses (Salishan) term /nt'yátkw/ [nt'iátkw], meaning "place of grassy water";[5] another source states that it was called Enteatqua which means "Rapid Water"[6] or "Rushing Water." The name, spelled "Entiat", was selected for the river in 1958 by the Chelan County Public Utility District.[citation needed]
Entiat River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Chelan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Cascade Range |
• coordinates | 48°9′1″N 120°47′58″W[1] |
Mouth | Columbia River |
• coordinates | 47°39′40″N 120°13′28″W[1] |
Length | 57 mi (92 km)[2] |
Basin size | 466 sq mi (1,210 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | river mile 1.4 near Entiat[4] |
• average | 471 cu ft/s (13.3 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 58 cu ft/s (1.6 m3/s) |
• maximum | 4,810 cu ft/s (136 m3/s) |
The Entiat River is located entirely within Chelan County, in Washington state in the United States. Over 90% of the drainage basin of the Entiat River and its tributaries is publicly owned property, mostly the Wenatchee National Forest. A large number of place names in the Entiat River basin were given by Albert H. Sylvester.