| Snohomish River | |
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 Snohomish River at Snohomish.
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| Country |  United States |
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| State | Washington |
| Source | Confluence of the Skykomish River and the Snoqualmie River |
| - location | Monroe |
| - coordinates | 47°49′48″N 122°2′47″W / 47.83°N 122.04639°W [1] |
| Mouth | Puget Sound |
| - location | Port Gardner |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 48°1′16″N 122°12′30″W / 48.02111°N 122.20833°W [1] |
| Length | 20 mi (32 km) [2] |
| Basin | 1,856 sq mi (4,807 km²) [3] |
| Discharge | for Near Monroe |
| - average | 269 m³/s (9,500 cu ft/s) [2] |
  Mouth of the Snohomish River in Washington
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The Snohomish River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington, formed by the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers near Monroe. It flows northwest entering Port Gardner Bay, part of Puget Sound between Everett and Marysville. The Pilchuck River is its main tributary and joins the river at Snohomish. The river system drains the west side of the Cascade Mountains from Snoqualmie Pass to north of Stevens Pass.
Measured at Monroe, the Snohomish River has an average annual flow of 9,500 ft³/s.[2] In comparison, the Columbia River, Washington's largest river, has an average flow of about 265,000 cubic feet per second (7,500 m3/s).[4]
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References
- ^ a b USGS GNIS: Snohomish River
- ^ a b c Snohomish River Watershed Draft Initial Assessment
- ^ Surface Water Management Division: Snohomish River Salmon Recovery
- ^ Kammerer, J.C. (May 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States". U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1987/ofr87-242/. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
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