| Chewaucan River | |
|---|---|
 Footbridge over the Chewaucan River | |
  Location of the mouth of the Chewaucan River in Oregon | |
| Etymology | From the Klamath words tchua (wild potato) and keni (place)[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lake |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Fremont National Forest |
| • coordinates | 42°27′49″N 120°36′38″W / 42.46361°N 120.61056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 5,151 ft (1,570 m)[3] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lake Abert |
• coordinates | 42°31′21″N 120°14′59″W / 42.52250°N 120.24972°W[1] |
• elevation | 4,258 ft (1,298 m)[1] |
| Length | 53 mi (85 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 651 sq mi (1,690 km2)[5] |
The Chewaucan River is part of the Great Basin drainage. It flows 53 miles (85 km) through the Fremont–Winema National Forests, Bureau of Land Management land, and private property in southern Oregon. Its watershed consists of 651 square miles (1,690 km2) of conifer forest, marsh, and rural pasture land. The river provides a habitat for many species of wildlife, including native Great Basin redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss newberri), a subspecies of rainbow trout.
- ^ a b c "Chewaucan River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 196. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ "The National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ "Watershed Boundary Dataset". USDA, NRCS, National Cartography and Geospatial Center. Retrieved September 4, 2010. ArcExplorer GIS data viewer.