| Entiat River | |
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  Location of the mouth of the Entiat River in Washington  Entiat River (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Chelan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cascade Range |
| • coordinates | 48°9′1″N 120°47′58″W / 48.15028°N 120.79944°W[1] |
| Mouth | Columbia River |
• coordinates | 47°39′40″N 120°13′28″W / 47.66111°N 120.22444°W[1] |
| Length | 57 mi (92 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 466 sq mi (1,210 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | river mile 1.4 near Entiat[4] |
| • average | 471 cu ft/s (13.3 m3/s)[4] |
| • minimum | 58 cu ft/s (1.6 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 4,810 cu ft/s (136 m3/s) |
The Entiat River is a tributary of the Columbia River, joining the Columbia near Entiat. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) lists two variant names for the Entiat River: En-ti-at-kwa River and Entiatqua River.[1] The river's name is derived from the Columbia-Moses (Salishan) term /nt'yátkw/ [nt'iátkw], meaning "place of grassy water";[5] another source states that it was called Enteatqua which means "Rapid Water"[6] or "Rushing Water." The name, spelled "Entiat", was selected for the river in 1958 by the Chelan County Public Utility District.[citation needed]
The Entiat River is located entirely within Chelan County, in Washington state in the United States. Over 90% of the drainage basin of the Entiat River and its tributaries is publicly owned property, mostly the Wenatchee National Forest. A large number of place names in the Entiat River basin were given by Albert H. Sylvester.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Entiat River
- ^ Calculated in Google Earth
- ^ "Wenatchee Subbasin Plan". Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
wdrwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
- ^ "City of Entiat, WA - Historiy - First Town". Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-08-18.