Spokane River

Spokane River
Spokane River
	Spokane River in Lincoln County, 1909
	Spokane River watershed
Etymology	Spokane tribe, the "sun people"
Location
Country	United States
State	Washington, Idaho
County	Kootenai, Spokane,; Stevens, Lincoln
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Coeur d'Alene
• location	Kootenai County, Idaho
• coordinates	47°40′41″N 117°07′34″W / 47.67806°N 117.12611°W
• elevation	1,994 ft (608 m)
Mouth	Columbia River at
• location	Lake Roosevelt, Washington
• coordinates	47°53′38″N 118°20′03″W / 47.89389°N 118.33417°W
• elevation	1,293 ft (394 m)
Length	111 mi (179 km)
Basin size	6,020 sq mi (15,600 km2)
Discharge
• location	mouth, max and min at Long Lake Dam
• average	7,946 cu ft/s (225.0 m3/s)
• minimum	90 cu ft/s (2.5 m3/s)
• maximum	49,700 cu ft/s (1,410 m3/s)
Basin features
Progression	Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
River system	Columbia River
Tributaries
• left	Cable Creek, Latah Creek, Deep Creek
• right	Little Spokane River

The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the Spokane Valley and the city of Spokane, Washington.

^ Phillips, James W. (1971). Washington State Place Names. University of Washington Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-295-95498-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Spokane River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey (USGS). September 10, 1979. Retrieved October 17, 2008.
^ Source elevation derived from Google Earthsearch using GNIS source coordinates.
^ "Online Topographic Maps from the United States Geological Survey". TopoQuest. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Benke, Arthur C. & Cushing, Colbert E. (2005). Rivers of North America. Academic Press. p. 650. ISBN 978-0-12-088253-3. Retrieved 2008-10-16.

[1] Phillips, James W. (1971). Washington State Place Names. University of Washington Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-295-95498-1.

[gnis-2] "Spokane River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey (USGS). September 10, 1979. Retrieved October 17, 2008.

[source-3] Source elevation derived from Google Earthsearch using GNIS source coordinates.

[topoquest-4] "Online Topographic Maps from the United States Geological Survey". TopoQuest. Retrieved October 19, 2008.

[Benke-5] Benke, Arthur C. & Cushing, Colbert E. (2005). Rivers of North America. Academic Press. p. 650. ISBN 978-0-12-088253-3. Retrieved 2008-10-16.

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