Location of the mouth of the Tualatin River in Oregon
Etymology
Probably an Indian word meaning "lazy" or "sluggish" but possibly meaning "treeless plain" for the plain near the river or "forked" for its many tributaries[2]
Location
Country
United States
State
Oregon
County
Washington, Clackamas
Physical characteristics
Source
Northern Oregon Coast Range
• location
near Windy Point, Tillamook State Forest, Washington County, Oregon
near West Linn, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) from the mouth[5]
• average
1,465 cu ft/s (41.5 m3/s)[5]
• minimum
0.20 cu ft/s (0.0057 m3/s)
• maximum
26,400 cu ft/s (750 m3/s)
The Tualatin River is a tributary of the Willamette River in Oregon in the United States. The river is about 83 miles (134 km) long, and it drains a fertile farming region called the Tualatin Valley southwest and west of Portland at the northwest corner of the Willamette Valley. There are approximately 500,000 people residing on 15 percent of the land in the river's watershed.[6]
^ ab"Tualatin River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
^McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 971. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
^Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates
^ abTualatin River Watershed Council. "Frequently Asked Questions". Tualatin River Watershed Council. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
^ ab"Water-data report 2008: 14207500 Tualatin River at West Linn, OR" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
^"Tualatin Basin Information". Tualatin River Watershed Council. Archived from the original on July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
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