# Coweeman River

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{{Infobox river
| name               = Coweeman River
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| pushpin_map        = USA Washington
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the [mouth](/source/river_mouth) of Coweeman River in Washington
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| subdivision_name2  = [Washington](/source/Washington_(state))
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| subdivision_name4  = [Cowlitz](/source/Cowlitz_County%2C_Washington)
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| 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 mile](/source/River_mile)s are marked and numbered on the relevant map quadrangles.</ref> 
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| source1            = Coweeman Lake
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| source1_coordinates= {{coord|46|08|27|N|122|27|17|W|display=inline}}<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = [Geographic Names Information System](/source/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](/source/Google_Earth) search using GNIS source coordinates.</ref>
| mouth              = [Columbia River](/source/Columbia_River)
| mouth_location     = near [Kelso](/source/Kelso%2C_Washington)
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| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|23|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name = "gnis"/>
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| 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>
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The '''Coweeman River''' is a [tributary](/source/tributary) of the [Cowlitz River](/source/Cowlitz_River), in the South West corner of the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)). Its name comes from the [Cowlitz](/source/Cowlitz_language) 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](/source/Columbia_River) at [Kelso](/source/Kelso%2C_Washington).<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)](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Washington_(state))
*[Tributaries of the Columbia River](/source/Tributaries_of_the_Columbia_River)

==References==
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Category:Rivers of Cowlitz County, Washington
Category:Rivers of Washington (state)

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