Skykomish River

Skykomish River
Skykomish River
	Skykomish River at Monroe, near flood stage
	Map of the Skykomish River highlighted in the Snohomish River watershed
	Mouth of the Skykomish River in Washington Skykomish River (the United States)
Location
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Snohomish County, King County
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of the North and South Forks
• coordinates	47°48′47″N 121°34′41″W / 47.81306°N 121.57806°W
Mouth	Snohomish River
• location	Monroe
• coordinates	47°49′49″N 122°2′48″W / 47.83028°N 122.04667°W
Length	29 mi (47 km)
Basin size	834 sq mi (2,160 km2)
Discharge
• location	Gold Bar
• average	3,973 cu ft/s (112.5 m3/s)
• minimum	298 cu ft/s (8.4 m3/s)
• maximum	129,000 cu ft/s (3,700 m3/s)

The Skykomish River is a 29-mile (47 km) long river in the U.S. state of Washington which drains the west side of the Cascade Mountains in the southeast section of Snohomish County and the northeast corner of King County. The river starts with the confluence of the North Fork Skykomish River and South Fork Skykomish River approximately one mile west of Index, then flowing northwesterly towards Puget Sound. It is joined by the Sultan River and the Wallace River at Sultan. It then meets the Snoqualmie River to form the Snohomish River at Monroe. The Snohomish River continues along the river valley eventually dumping into Port Gardner Bay on Possession Sound (part of Puget Sound).

The name "Skykomish" comes from the Lushootseed name of the Skykomish people, sq̓ixʷəbš, meaning "upriver people." It is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Sky River" or "The Sky".^[4]

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skykomish River
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^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skykomish River

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[Bright2004-4] Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

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