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The Palouse river a few miles downstream from its fork in Colfax, Washington; looking west.

The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River, approximately 140 miles (230 km) long, located in the U.S. states of Washington and Idaho. It is part of the Columbia River Basin, as the Snake River is a tributary of the Columbia River.

Course

Palouse Falls on the Palouse River.

The mouth of the Palouse river as it meets the Snake River at Lyon's Ferry, near Starbuck, Washington looking north.

The Palouse River flows from North Central Idaho into southeast Washington through the Palouse region, named for the river.

Basin and discharge

The Palouse River's drainage basin is 3,303 square miles (8,550 km²) in area.^[1] Its mean annual discharge, as measured by USGS gage 13351000 at Hooper (river mile 19.6), is 599 cubic feet per second (17 m³/s), with a maximum daily recorded flow of 27,800 cu ft/s (787 m³/s), and a minimum of zero flow.^[2]

See also

• Palouse Falls
• List of rivers of Idaho
• List of rivers of Washington
• Tributaries of the Columbia River

References

External links

• USGS GNIS: Palouse River
• http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater/fish/rivers/palouse.htm
• http://www.spokaneoutdoors.com/pfalls.htm
• http://wa.water.usgs.gov/pubs/fs/fs069-98/

Coordinates: 46°55′1.3″N 117°19′5.5″W / 46.917028, -117.318194

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