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The Clearwater River is in the northwestern United States, in north central Idaho.Its length is 74.8 miles (120.4 km), [1] it flows westward from the Bitterroot Mountains along the Idaho-Montana border, and joins the Snake River at Lewiston.
The Middle Fork flows west for 23 miles (37 km) [2] from the confluence of the Selway River and Lochsa River at Lowell, to the town of Kooskia where it joins with the South Fork Clearwater River to create the Clearwater River. The Middle Fork's entire length is within Idaho County, although a small portion of its watershed extends into ...
The South Fork Clearwater River is a 62-mile (100 km) [2] long river in north-central Idaho in the United States. Draining about 1,175 square miles (3,040 km 2 ), the South Fork joins with the Middle Fork Clearwater River to form the Clearwater River , a major tributary of the Snake River .
The North Fork Clearwater River is a major tributary of the Clearwater River in the U.S. state of Idaho. [1] From its headwaters in the Bitterroot Mountains of eastern Idaho, it flows 135 miles (217 km) [2] westward and is dammed by the Dworshak Dam just above its mouth in north-central Idaho.
North Fork Clearwater River. ... (Great Salt Lake) – Bear River in SE Idaho, SW Wyoming, and NE Utah corner; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Idaho (1974)
The Lochsa River is in the northwestern United States, in the mountains of north central Idaho. It is one of two primary tributaries (with the Selway to the south) of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River in the Clearwater National Forest. Lochsa is a Nez Perce word meaning rough water. [6] [7] The Salish name is Ep SmÉ«í, "It Has Salmon." [8]
The forest is 2 million acres (8,100 km 2) and contains mountains and river drainage areas. The Lochsa and Clearwater Rivers flow through the forest region. Portions of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness are also located in the forest. In descending order of land area the forest is located in Idaho, Clearwater, and Shoshone counties.
The Clearwater River and Lolo Pass, in the southeast corner of the county, were made famous by the exploration of Lewis and Clark in the early 19th century. Following an arduous trek through the Bitterroot Mountains, suffering through a mid-September snowstorm and near starvation, the Corps of Discovery expedition camped with the Nez Perce tribe on the Weippe Prairie outside of present-day ...