| White River | |
|---|---|
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Oregon_relief_location_map.svg)  Location of the mouth of the White River in Oregon | |
| Etymology | The color of the river when it carries glacial sediments[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Hood River and Wasco |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Hood |
| • location | Mount Hood Wilderness, Cascade Range |
| • coordinates | 45°20′47″N 121°41′40″W / 45.34639°N 121.69444°W[1] |
| • elevation | 6,722 ft (2,049 m)[3] |
| Mouth | Deschutes River |
• location | near Maupin |
• coordinates | 45°14′01″N 121°04′03″W / 45.23361°N 121.06750°W[1] |
• elevation | 761 ft (232 m)[1] |
| Length | 50 mi (80 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 409 sq mi (1,060 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 423 cu ft/s (12.0 m3/s)[5] |
| Type | Scenic, Recreational |
| Designated | October 28, 1988 |
The White River is a tributary of the Deschutes River, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long, in north-central Oregon in the United States. It drains a scenic mountainous area of the Columbia Plateau on the east side of the Cascade Range southeast of Mount Hood. In the 1840s, a section of the Oregon Trail called the Barlow Road passed through the river corridor. This section of the road is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
- ^ a b c "White River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 1031. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ a b "White River". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- ^ a b Palmer, Tim (2014). Field Guide to Oregon Rivers. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. pp. 225–26. ISBN 978-0-87071-627-0.