Pilchuck River | |
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![]() 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]
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