Entiat River

For other uses, see Entiat (disambiguation).
Entiat River
Entiat River is located in Washington (state)
Entiat River
Location of the mouth of the Entiat River in Washington
Entiat River is located in the United States
Entiat River
Entiat River (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyChelan
Physical characteristics
SourceCascade Range
 • coordinates48°9′1″N 120°47′58″W / 48.15028°N 120.79944°W / 48.15028; -120.79944[1]
MouthColumbia River
 • coordinates
47°39′40″N 120°13′28″W / 47.66111°N 120.22444°W / 47.66111; -120.22444[1]
Length57 mi (92 km)[2]
Basin size466 sq mi (1,210 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationriver mile 1.4 near Entiat[4]
 • average471 cu ft/s (13.3 m3/s)[4]
 • minimum58 cu ft/s (1.6 m3/s)
 • maximum4,810 cu ft/s (136 m3/s)

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]

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.

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Entiat River
  2. ^ Calculated in Google Earth
  3. ^ "Wenatchee Subbasin Plan". Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference wdr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
  6. ^ "City of Entiat, WA - Historiy - First Town". Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-08-18.