{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Coweeman River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Washington | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Coweeman River in Washington <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Washington | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = County | subdivision_name4 = Cowlitz | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|36.3|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="topo map">{{cite web|author=United States Geological Survey|title=United States Topographic Map|publisher=TopoQuest|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.140833&lon=-122.454722&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=January 26, 2013}} River miles are marked and numbered on the relevant map quadrangles.</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Coweeman Lake | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= {{coord|46|08|27|N|122|27|17|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) | publisher = United States Geological Survey | date = September 10, 1979 | url ={{Gnis3|1533032}} | title = Coweeman River|accessdate=January 20, 2013}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|3965|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="source">Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.</ref> | mouth = Columbia River | mouth_location = near Kelso | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46|06|26|N|122|53|22|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|23|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name = "gnis"/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|200|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Lower Columbia Salmon and Steelhead Recovery and Subbasin Plan: 9 Cowlitz Subbasin, Coweeman|url=http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/lowercolumbia/plan/2004_05/ManagementPlan/VolumeII/MP%20Vol%20II%20Ch%2009%20Coweeman.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Northwest Power and Conservation Council|year=2004|accessdate=January 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102160425/http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/lowercolumbia/plan/2004_05/ManagementPlan/VolumeII/MP%20Vol%20II%20Ch%2009%20Coweeman.pdf|archive-date=January 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Coweeman River''' is a tributary of the Cowlitz River, in the South West corner of the U.S. state of Washington. Its name comes from the Cowlitz word ko-wee-na, meaning "short one", referring to a short Indian who once lived along the river.<ref name="gnis"/>
==Course== The Coweeman River originates in Coweeman Lake and flows west for {{convert|36|mi|km}} to join the Cowlitz River near the confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia River at Kelso.<ref name="topo map"/> Just below the mouth of its first named tributary, Butler Creek, the river drops over Washboard Falls.<ref name="topo map"/>
==See also== *List of rivers of Washington (state) *Tributaries of the Columbia River
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Category:Rivers of Cowlitz County, Washington Category:Rivers of Washington (state)
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