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Calapooia River
Calapooia River at the Willamette River.JPG
The Calapooia River at its confluence with the Willamette River, Albany
Calapooia River is located in Oregon
Calapooia River
Location of the mouth of the Calapooia River in Oregon
Country United States
State Oregon
County Linn
Physical characteristics
Main source Cascade Range
4,552 ft (1,387 m)
44°15′54″N 122°19′25″W / 44.26500°N 122.32361°W / 44.26500; -122.32361
River mouth Willamette River
180 ft (55 m)
44°38′20″N 123°6′36″W / 44.63889°N 123.11000°W / 44.63889; -123.11000
Length 80 mi (130 km)
Basin features
Basin size 374 sq mi (970 km2)

The Calapooia River is an 80-mile (130 km) tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

The Calapooia flows generally northwest from its source in the Cascade Range near Tidbits Mountain. In its upper reaches, it passes through parts of the Willamette National Forest. Further downstream, it flows through Holley then Crawfordsville and Brownsville in the Willamette Valley before joining the Willamette at Albany. The city of Tangent is also near the river on a branch of one of its downstream tributaries, Lake Creek. The confluence of the two rivers is about 120 miles (190 km) by water from where the Willamette joins the Columbia River

The Calapooia was named for the Kalapuya (also spelled Calapooia), a tribe of Native Americans.

Tributaries

Named tributaries of the river from source to mouth are Eighteen, Treadwell, and United States creeks followed by the North Fork Calapooia River. Then come King, Potts, Barrett/Hands, Washout, McKinley and Blue creeks. Further downstream are Biggs, Fox, Sweet Honey, Cedar, Pugh, Sawyer, Johnson, and Brush creeks. Finally come Warren, Cochrane, Courtney, Lake, and Oak creeks.

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