Big River (Oregon)
| Big River | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Lane and Douglas |
| Source | Calapooya Mountains |
| - location | Douglas County, Oregon |
| - elevation | 3,288 ft (1,002 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2] |
| Mouth | Coast Fork Willamette River |
| - location | Lane County, Oregon |
| - elevation | 1,004 ft (306 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2] |
| Length | 12 mi (19 km) [3] |
  Location of the mouth of the Big River in Oregon
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The Big River is a tributary of the Coast Fork Willamette River, approximately 12 miles (19 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Calapooya Mountains south of Eugene.[3]
It rises in northern Douglas County, northwest of Huckleberry Mountain, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast of Cottage Grove at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It flows northwest through Lane County to form the Coast Fork of the Willamette at its confluence with the Little River, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Cottage Grove at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[2][3]
Contents
Course
Flowing northwest from the northern flanks of the Calapooya Mountains in Douglas County, Big River enters Lane County about 1 mile (1.6 km) downstream from the source. Box Canyon enters from the right at about river mile (RM) 9 or river kilometer (RK) 14. Big River receives Boulder Creek from the left, then Edwards Creek enters from the right at about RM 6 (RK 10). After receiving Bar Creek from the left and Martin Creek from the right, Big River meets Little River to form the Coast Fork Willamette River about 40 miles (64 km) from where the larger stream meets the Middle Fork Willamette River to form the Willamette River.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The maps, which include river mile (RM) markers for the lower 11 miles (18 km) of the river, cover the following quadrants from mouth to source: Harness Mountain, Burnt Mountain
External links
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