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Grays River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 30 miles (48 km) long, [3] in southwestern Washington in the United States. One of the last tributaries of the Columbia on the Washington side, it drains an area of low hills north of the mouth of the river.
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge is located within Grays Harbor, at the mouth of the Chehalis River, which makes up the second largest watershed in Washington. It is one of four major staging areas for migrating shorebirds in the Pacific Flyway. Up to one million shorebirds gather here in spring and fall to feed and rest. [3]
The Quinault Rain Forest is a temperate rain forest, which is part of the Olympic National Park and the Olympic National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington in Grays Harbor and Jefferson Counties. The rain forest is located in the valley formed by the Quinault River and Lake Quinault. The valley is called the "Valley of the Rain Forest ...
1 Animals. Toggle Animals subsection. 1.1 Birds. 1.2 Fish. 1.3 Mammals. 1.4 Reptiles. ... This is a list of fauna observed in the U.S. state of Washington. Animals. Birds
Grays Harbor is an estuarine bay located 45 miles (72 km) north of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington state, in the United States. It is a ria , which formed at the end of the last ice age, when sea levels flooded the Chehalis River .
The American goldfinch is the state bird of Washington. This list of birds of Washington includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Washington. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the Washington Bird Records Committee (WBRC) of the Washington Ornithological Society. As of November 2021, the list contained 522 species.
Other geographic features in the gap include Chehalis River, Grays Harbor, and Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge in its estuary. [3] [8] U.S. Route 12 runs through the gap from Elma near Capitol State Forest to Aberdeen on Grays Harbor near the coast, paralleled by the former U.S. Route 410 and Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad.
The orca is the state mammal of Washington. The list of mammals of Washington lists mammalian species that live in the U.S. state of Washington, [1] [2] including 9 introduced mammal species. [3] The list does not include species found exclusively in captivity.