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The Eel River (Wiyot: Wiya't; [6] Cahto: Taanchow; Northern Pomo: ch'idiyu) [7] is a major river, about 196 miles (315 km) long, in northwestern California.The river and its tributaries form the third-largest watershed entirely in California, draining a rugged area of 3,684 square miles (9,540 km 2) in five counties.
Eel River Athabaskan is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [ 4 ] Wailaki , also known as Eel River , is an extinct and revitalizing Athabaskan language spoken by the people of the Round Valley Reservation of northern California, one of four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the ...
The South Fork Eel River is the largest tributary of the Eel River in north-central California in the United States. The river flows 105 miles (169 km) north from Laytonville to Dyerville /Founders' Grove where it joins the Eel River.
Eel River may refer to: Rivers. Eel River (California), which flows into the Pacific Ocean near Eureka, United States South Fork Eel River, which flows into the Eel near Weott, California East Branch South Fork Eel River; Eel River (Wabash River), in northern Indiana, United States; Eel River (White River), in southern Indiana, United States
The Wailaki (Wintun term meaning "north language.") or in their own language Kinist'ee ("the people") [2] [3] lived in northwestern California, along the Eel River south of Kekawaka Creek and the North Fork Eel River in three main subdivisions: Tsennahkenne or Tsen-nah-ken-ne (Eel River Wailaki or Mainstem Eel River band); Bahneko or Bah-ne-ko ...
The North Fork Eel River is the smallest of four major tributaries of the Eel River in northwestern California in the United States. It drains a rugged wilderness area of about 286 square miles (740 km 2 ) [ 2 ] in the California Coast Ranges , and flows through national forests for much of its length.
Some major tributaries of the mostly free-flowing river include Tenmile Creek, the East Branch South Fork Eel River near Benbow, and Hollow Tree Creek. The river drains 689 square miles (1,780 km 2) and is said to be the primary river supporting coho salmon in the state. This list of crossings of the river proceeds from mouth to its headwaters.
The Eel River were a historic Native American tribe from Indiana. [1] At the time of European contact in the mid-18th century, the tribe lived the northern Eel River, a tributary of the Wabash River in what is now Cass County, Indiana. [1] They were a sub-tribe of the Miami people and spoke an Algonquian language. [1]