| Waatch River | |
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  Location of the mouth of the Waatch River in Washington | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Clallam |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Olympic Mountains |
| • coordinates | 48°17′12″N 124°35′25″W / 48.28667°N 124.59028°W[1] |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 48°20′37″N 124°40′31″W / 48.34361°N 124.67528°W[1] |
The Waatch River is a stream on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates in the northwestern Olympic Mountains and empties into the Pacific Ocean through Makah Bay.[2] The name "Waatch" comes from the Makah village name /waʔač'/, said to mean "bundling up cedar to make a torch".[3]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waatch River
- ^ General course info from USGS topographic maps accessed via the "GNIS in Google Map" feature of the USGS Geographic Names Information System website.
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.