American River (Wash.

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שם ראשי (לועזית)
American River (Wash. : River)
רמיזות
Miners Creek (Yakima County, Wash.)
קואורדינטות
-121.46 -121.46 46.81944444 46.81944444 (gooearth )
נושא איתו מזוהה
Rivers Washington (State)
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מזהים נוספים

Wikidata: Q3564307
Library of congress: sh2003004575
מקורות מידע
  • Work cat.: Brettmann, K.L. An investigation of the hydrologic sensitivities to climate : a case study for the American River, Washington, 1990.
  • Wash. place names database, via WWW, Jan. 29, 2003(American River (Ts.16,17N;Rs.11-14E) - The American River rises at the eastern side of the crest of the Cascades in forks north and south of Chinook Pass in northwest Yakima County. It flows east by north about twenty miles to the Naches River near Sawmill Flat. An early name of the river was Miners Creek. As the area developed a patriotic title which was not used for other rivers in the state was chosen. Gossett (p. 455) writes that it was named for the American River in California "...by hopeful miners...")
  • GNIS, Jan. 29, 2003(American River, stream, Wash., Yakima Co., variant names: Miner Creek, Miners Creek; also American River, pop. place, Yakima Co.; also another Miner Creek in Yakima Co. and variant name for Minter Creek; also Miners Creek in many counties)