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The Chetco River is a 56-mile-long (90 km) stream located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately 352 square miles (912 km 2) of Curry County. Flowing through a rugged and isolated coastal region, it descends rapidly from about 3,200 feet (975 m) to sea level at the Pacific Ocean.
The average flow rate at the mouth of the Amazon is sufficient to fill more than 83 such pools each second. The estimated global total for all rivers is 1.2 × 10 6 m 3 /s (43 million cu ft/s), [ 1 ] of which the Amazon would be approximately 18%.
The Little Chetco River is a tributary of the Chetco River in Curry County in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] Its headwaters lie in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness near the border with Josephine County west of Cave Junction. It flows generally northwest through the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest in the Klamath Mountains. [3]
Chetco language (ISO 639-3: ctc), also known as the Tolowa language (ISO 639-3: tol) Chetco River, a river named for the tribe, flowing to the Pacific Ocean in Curry County, Oregon in the United States; Chetco Peak, a mountain near the source of the Chetco River in Oregon in the United States; USS Chetco (AT-99) - original name of USS Penguin ...
Harbor (Tolowa: chit [5]) is an unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States.It is located across the Chetco River from the city of Brookings.For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Harbor as a census-designated place (CDP).
The gradual decay in flow after the peaks reflects diminishing supply from groundwater. A hydrograph is a graph showing the rate of flow (discharge) versus time past a specific point in a river, channel, or conduit carrying flow. The rate of flow is typically expressed in units of cubic meters per second (m³/s) or cubic feet per second (cfs).
The lower Snake River dams produced 1,000 megawatts or more of electricity on average during the highest electric demand hours of the cold snap, or enough to power about 1 million households.
Located on the banks of the Chetco River, the park offers camping, hiking, fishing, swimming, and rafting opportunities. In the parks boundaries are 3 rental cabins, 53 camping sites, a launch area for drift boats, a day-use area, and the head of a 0.75-mile (1.2 km) trail that includes the northernmost coastal redwood grove in the United States.