Santiam River

Santiam River
Near Interstate 5 in Linn County
Map of the Willamette River watershed with the Santiam River highlighted
Location of the mouth of the Santiam River in Oregon
Etymology	Kalapuya tribe that lived near the river until removal to the Grande Ronde Reservation[2]
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Linn and Marion
Physical characteristics
Source	confluence of North Santiam and South Santiam rivers
• location	Linn and Marion counties, Oregon
• coordinates	44°41′21″N 123°00′27″W / 44.68917°N 123.00750°W / 44.68917; -123.00750[1]
• elevation	222 ft (68 m)[3]
Mouth	Willamette River
• location	between Albany and Salem, Marion County, Willamette Valley, Oregon
• coordinates	44°45′00″N 123°08′20″W / 44.75000°N 123.13889°W / 44.75000; -123.13889[1]
• elevation	164 ft (50 m)[1]
Length	12 mi (19 km)[a]
Basin size	1,830 sq mi (4,700 km2)
Discharge
• location	Jefferson
• average	7,714 cu ft/s (218.4 m3/s)
• minimum	260 cu ft/s (7.4 m3/s)
• maximum	202,000 cu ft/s (5,700 m3/s)

The Santiam River /ˌsæntiːˈæm/ is a tributary of the Willamette River, about 12 miles (19 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. Through its two principal tributaries, the North Santiam and the South Santiam rivers, it drains a large area of the Cascade Range at the eastern side of the Willamette Valley east of Salem and Corvallis.

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