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Kachess River
Kachess River
	Kachess River below Chickamin Ridge
	Location of the mouth of Kachess River in Washington Kachess River (the United States)
Etymology
Location
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Kittitas
Physical characteristics
Source	Cascade Range
• location	Chickamin Ridge, north of Kachess Lake, Wenatchee National Forest
• coordinates	47°26′45″N 121°14′15″W / 47.44583°N 121.23750°W
• elevation	4,857 ft (1,480 m)
Mouth	Yakima River
• location	Lake Easton
• coordinates	47°15′06″N 121°11′56″W / 47.25167°N 121.19889°W
• elevation	2,185 ft (666 m)

Kachess River is a tributary of the Yakima River, in the U.S. state of Washington. From its source on Chickamin Ridge in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness region of the Cascade Range, the Kachess River flows south into Kachess Lake, a natural lake regulated as a reservoir by Kachess Dam. Below the dam, the Kachess River flows south and then empties into the Yakima River at Lake Easton.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kachess River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. September 10, 1979. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 516. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X.
^ Derived from Google Earth using GNIS coordinates