Cle Elum River

Cle Elum River
Cle Elum River north of Cle Elum Lake
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
RegionKittitas County
CityCle Elum
Physical characteristics
SourceCascade Range
 • coordinates47°35′19″N 121°10′1″W / 47.58861°N 121.16694°W / 47.58861; -121.16694[1]
 • elevation6,115 ft (1,864 m)[2]
MouthYakima River
 • coordinates
47°10′37″N 120°59′49″W / 47.17694°N 120.99694°W / 47.17694; -120.99694[1]
 • elevation
1,990 ft (610 m)[2]
Length28 mi (45 km)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationRoslyn, Washington
 • average945 cuft/s [4]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightWaptus River, Cooper River

The Cle Elum River is a tributary of the Yakima River, approximately 28 miles (45 km) long in the U.S. state of Washington. A Northern Pacific Railway station at the future site of the city of Cle Elum, Washington was named Clealum after the Kittitas name Tie-el-Lum, meaning "swift water", referring to the Cle Elum River. In 1908, Clealum was altered to Cle Elum. This spelling came to be used for the river as well.[5] Some maps in the 1850s also have the river labeled as Samahma River.[6]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cle Elum River, USGS, GNIS.
  2. ^ a b Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates.
  3. ^ Cle Elum River Archived 2005-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.
  4. ^ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 12479000 CLE ELUM RIVER NEAR ROSLYN, WA".
  5. ^ "Cle Elum". Washington Place Names database. Tacoma Public Library. Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  6. ^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington Geographic Names. University of Washington Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780598974808.

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