Mashel River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Pierce County |
City | Eatonville, Washington |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | An unnamed lake |
• location | Cascade Range, Pierce County, Washington |
• coordinates | 46°50′33″N 122°1′26″W / 46.84250°N 122.02389°W[2][1] |
• elevation | 4,340 ft (1,320 m)[3] |
Mouth | Nisqually River |
• location | Southwest of Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington |
• coordinates | 46°50′31″N 122°20′2″W / 46.84194°N 122.33389°W[1] |
• elevation | 482 ft (147 m)[1] |
Basin size | 80.7 sq mi (209 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | near La Grande, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) from mouth[4] |
• average | 221 cu ft/s (6.3 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 4.1 cu ft/s (0.12 m3/s) |
• maximum | 5,570 cu ft/s (158 m3/s) |
The Mashel River is a river in Pierce County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Nisqually River, which it enters about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southwest of Eatonville, at Nisqually river mile 39.6.[4]