Willapa River

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Willapa River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = 300 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Washington | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Willapa 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 = Pacific | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= river mile 17.8, near Willapa, WA<ref name=wdr>{{cite web |title= Water Resources Data-Washington Water Year 2005; Naselle and Willapa River Basins; USGS 12013500 Willapa River near Willapa, WA| publisher = United States Geological Survey |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-wa-05-1/pdf/wa00103ADR2005_Figure8.pdf |accessdate = 2009-05-16 }}</ref> | discharge1_min = {{convert|14|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|636|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=wdr>{{cite web |title= Water Resources Data-Washington Water Year 2005; Naselle and Willapa River Basins; USGS 12013500 Willapa River near Willapa, WA| publisher = United States Geological Survey |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-wa-05-1/pdf/wa00103ADR2005_Figure8.pdf |accessdate = 2009-05-16 }}</ref> | discharge1_max = {{convert|12800|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}  | source1 = Willapa Hills | source1_location = Washington | source1_coordinates= {{coord|46|29|50|N|123|24|47|W|display=inline}}<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1509528|Willapa River}}</ref> | source1_elevation = | mouth = Willapa Bay | mouth_location = Washington | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46|42|27|N|123|51|2|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Willapa River''' is a river on the Pacific coast of southwestern Washington in the United States, approximately {{convert|20|mi|km}} long. It drains an area of low hills and a coastal plain into Willapa Bay, a large estuary north of the mouth of the Columbia River.

The river rises in the Willapa Hills in southeastern Pacific County, approximately {{convert|25|mi|km}} west of Chehalis. It flows northwest in a winding course past the small communities of Willapa and Raymond. It enters the northwest end of Willapa Bay at South Bend.

==Name== The name is that of the Willapa people, an Athapaskan-speaking people, now extinct, who occupied the valley of the river and also the prairies between the headwaters of the Chehalis and Cowlitz Rivers.<ref>{{cite book |last= Curtis |first= Edward S. |authorlink= Edward S. Curtis |title= The North American Indian. Volume 9 - The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa. |isbn= 978-0-7426-9809-3 |pages= 141–142 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mmPi-wuMt6sC}}</ref>

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Category:Rivers of Washington (state) Category:Rivers of Pacific County, Washington