Kalama River

{{Infobox river | name = Kalama River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = Kalama River at Kalama - Washington.JPG | image_caption = Near the mouth at Kalama | image_size = 300 | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Washington#USA | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Kalama River in Washington  | 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 =  | length = {{convert|45|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=46.14071&lon=-122.26195&datum=nad83&zoom=4&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m|accessdate=January 27, 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 = {{convert|1219|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="subbasin plan"/> | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Kalama Spring | source1_location = Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument | source1_coordinates= {{coord|46|08|44|N|122|15|05|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|1521550}} | title = Kalama River|accessdate=January 27, 2013}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|2890|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="source">Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.</ref> | mouth = Columbia River | mouth_location = near Kalama | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46|02|01|N|122|52|13|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|10|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name = "gnis"/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|205|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref name="subbasin plan">{{cite web|last=Weinheimer|first=John|title=Draft: Kalama River Subbasin Summary|url=http://www.cbfwa.org/FWProgram/ReviewCycle/fy2003lc/workplan/020517Kalama.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority|page=4|date=May 17, 2002|accessdate=January 27, 2013|display-authors=etal}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Kalama River''' is a {{convert|45|mi|km|adj=on}} tributary of the Columbia River, in the U.S. state of Washington.<ref name="topo map"/> It flows entirely within Cowlitz County, Washington.<ref name="topo map"/> Calama River is an old variant name.<ref name="gnis"/>

Gabriel Franchere in 1811 wrote of the Indian village at the mouth of the Kalama River, adding that it was called Thlakalamah.<ref>Virginia Urrutia, They Came to Six Rivers: The Story of Cowlitz County (Kelso, WA: Cowlitz County Historical Society, 1998), pg 93</ref>

==Course== The Kalama River originates in the Cascade Range just south of Mount St. Helens. It flows generally west, joining the Columbia River near Kalama, {{convert|73|mi|km}} upstream of the larger river's mouth on the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="topo map"/>

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Category:Rivers of Cowlitz County, Washington Category:Rivers of Washington (state) Category:Tributaries of the Columbia River