| Selway River | |
|---|---|
 Selway River at the Goat Creek rapid | |
 Course of the river | |
  Location of the mouth of the Selway River in Idaho  Selway River (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Idaho |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Southeast of Stripe Mountain |
| • location | Bitterroot National Forest, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Bitterroot Mountains |
| • coordinates | 45°29′49″N 114°44′37″W / 45.49694°N 114.74361°W[1] |
| • elevation | 6,857 ft (2,090 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Meets Lochsa River to form Middle Fork Clearwater River |
• location | Lowell, Nez Perce National Forest |
• coordinates | 46°08′25″N 115°35′58″W / 46.14028°N 115.59944°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,453 ft (443 m)[1] |
| Length | 100 mi (160 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 2,013 sq mi (5,210 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lowell, Idaho |
| • average | 3,773 cuft/s |
| • minimum | 580 cuft/s |
| • maximum | 29 573 cuft/s |
| Type | Wild, Recreational |
| Designated | October 2, 1968 |
| Reference no. | P.L. 90-542 |
The Selway River is a large tributary of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River in the U.S. state of Idaho. It flows within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, the Bitterroot National Forest, and the Nez Perce National Forest of North Central Idaho.[5] The entire length of the Selway was included by the United States Congress in 1968 as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.[6]
The main stem of the Selway is 100 miles (160 km) in length[3] from the headwaters in the Bitterroots to the confluence with the Lochsa near Lowell to form the Middle Fork of the Clearwater. The Selway River drains a 2,013-square-mile (5,210 km2) basin in Idaho County.[4]
- ^ a b c "Selway River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 21, 1979. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. "The National Map: National Hydrography Dataset High-Resolution Flowline Data". Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- ^ a b Bugosh, Nicholas (2000). "Lower Selway River Subbasin Assessment" (PDF). Lewiston, Idaho: Lewiston Regional Office, Idaho Division of Environmental Quality. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer (6th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2007. pp. 52–53, 55–56. ISBN 978-0-89933-284-0.
- ^ "Clearwater River (Middle Fork), Idaho". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved January 26, 2013.