| Pilchuck River | |
|---|---|
 Pilchuck River a few miles north of Snohomish | |
 Map of the Pilchuck River highlighted in the Snohomish River watershed | |
| Native name | dxʷkʷiƛ̕əb (Lushootseed) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| Region | Snohomish County |
| Cities | Snohomish, Granite Falls |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cascade Range |
| • coordinates | 47°59′19″N 121°40′43″W / 47.98861°N 121.67861°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,125 ft (648 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Snohomish River |
• coordinates | 47°54′13″N 122°5′27″W / 47.90361°N 122.09083°W[1] |
• elevation | 8 ft (2.4 m)[2] |
| Length | 40 mi (64 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 127 sq mi (330 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 467 cu ft/s (13.2 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 36 cu ft/s (1.0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 5,050 cu ft/s (143 m3/s) |
The Pilchuck River (Lushootseed: dxʷkʷiƛ̕əb)[4] is a river in Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Snohomish River. The name is derived from the Chinook Jargon pilpil ("blood", "red") and chuck ("water"), or "red water".[5] The Lushootseed name means "flowing red," kʷiƛ̕ being an archaic term for "red" in Northern Lushootseed.[6]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pilchuck River
- ^ a b c Calculated via Google Earth
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
wdrwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bates, Dawn; Hess, Thom; Hilbert, Vi (1994). Lushootseed Dictionary. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-295-97323-4. OCLC 29877333.
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ Hess, Thom (1979). "Central Coast Salish Words for Deer: Their Wavelike Distribution". International Journal of American Linguistics. 45 (1): 5–16 – via JSTOR.