Weiser River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Idaho |
Counties | Adams, Washington, Valley |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | northwest of New Meadows, Adams County, Idaho |
• coordinates | 45°01′13″N 116°26′05″W / 45.02028°N 116.43472°W[1] |
• elevation | 4,174 ft (1,272 m)[2] |
Mouth | Snake River |
• location | near Weiser, Washington County, Idaho |
• coordinates | 44°14′19″N 116°58′20″W / 44.23861°N 116.97222°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,096 ft (639 m)[1] |
Length | 103 mi (166 km)[3] |
Basin size | 1,660 sq mi (4,300 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Weiser Idaho |
• average | 925 cuft/s |
• minimum | 82 cuft/s |
• maximum | 8,000 cuft/s |
The Weiser River is a 103-mile-long (166 km)[3] tributary of the Snake River in western Idaho in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of 1,660 square miles (4,300 km2) consisting primarily of low rolling foothills intersected by small streams south and east of Hells Canyon along the Idaho-Oregon border.