Siletz River

Siletz River

The Siletz River (suh-LITZ) is a river, approximately 70 mi (113 km) long, on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It drains 202 square miles (523 km²) cite web
url = http://waterdata.usgs.gov/or/nwis/uv/?site_no=14305500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060
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accessdate = 2007-09-05 ] of Lincoln County in the Central Oregon Coast Range, rising only 20 mi (32 km) from the ocean and flowing in a highly zigzag course, changing direction multiple times.

It rises in a remote area of western Polk County and flows southwest, to Siletz, then generally northwest towards the coast. It enters the Pacific through Siletz Bay (coord|44.899949|-124.008243) south of Lincoln City.

The river's average discharge varies from 131 cfs (August) to 3360 cfs (December). [ cite web
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title = USGS Surface-Water Monthly mean CFS Statistics for Oregon—Siletz River at Siletz, Oregon (Calculation Period: 1905-10-01 -> 2006-09-30)
work = National Water Information System
publisher = USGS
accessdate = 2007-09-05 ] The lowest flow was recorded on October 201987 and October 291987 at 47 cfs. The highest was 53,800 cfs on November 261999

ee also

*List of Oregon rivers

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