Spring River (Deschutes River tributary)

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Spring River
Country United States
State Oregon
County Deschutes
Sourcespring near Anns Butte
 - locationwest of Sunriver
 - elevation4,247 ft (1,294 m) [1]
 - coordinates 43°51′55″N121°29′01″W / 43.86528°N 121.48361°W / 43.86528; -121.48361   [2]
Mouth Deschutes River
 - locationnear Sunriver Airport
 - elevation4,176 ft (1,273 m) [2]
 - coordinates 43°52′22″N121°27′55″W / 43.87278°N 121.46528°W / 43.87278; -121.46528 Coordinates: 43°52′22″N121°27′55″W / 43.87278°N 121.46528°W / 43.87278; -121.46528   [2]
Length1 mi (2 km) [3]
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Location of the mouth of the Spring River in Oregon

The Spring River is a tributary, only about 1 mile (1.6 km) long, of the Deschutes River in Deschutes County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Arising near Anns Butte, it flows generally northeast into the Deschutes at Sunriver, about 190 miles (310 km) from the larger stream's confluence with the Columbia River. [4] The Spring River has no named tributaries. [4]

Deschutes River (Oregon) river in the United States of America

The Deschutes River in central Oregon is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many of the tributaries that descend from the drier, eastern flank of the mountains. The Deschutes provided an important route to and from the Columbia for Native Americans for thousands of years, and then in the 19th century for pioneers on the Oregon Trail. The river flows mostly through rugged and arid country, and its valley provides a cultural heart for central Oregon. Today the river supplies water for irrigation and is popular in the summer for whitewater rafting and fishing.

Deschutes County, Oregon county in Oregon, USA

Deschutes County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 157,733. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschutes River, which itself was named by French-Canadian trappers of the early 19th century. It is the political and economic hub of Central Oregon.

U.S. state constituent political entity sharing sovereignty as the United States of America

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The creek has few resident fish but provides spawning and rearing habitat for the rainbow and brown trout and other species from the Deschutes. The lower river is accessible through United States Forest Service land. [3]

Spawn (biology) process of aquatic animals releasing sperm and eggs into water

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. As a verb, to spawn refers to the process of releasing the eggs and sperm, and the act of both sexes is called spawning. Most aquatic animals, except for aquatic mammals and reptiles, reproduce through the process of spawning.

Rainbow trout species of trout

The rainbow trout is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout(O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to fresh water to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean. Freshwater forms that have been introduced into the Great Lakes and migrate into tributaries to spawn are also called steelhead.

Brown trout species of brown trout

The brown trout is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes both purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, Salmo trutta morpha fario, and a lacustrine ecotype, S. trutta morpha lacustris, also called the lake trout, as well as anadromous forms known as the sea trout, S. trutta morpha trutta. The latter migrates to the oceans for much of its life and returns to fresh water only to spawn. Sea trout in the Ireland and Britain have many regional names: sewin in Wales, finnock in Scotland, peal in the West Country, mort in North West England, and white trout in Ireland.

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References

  1. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. 1 2 3 "Spring River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Deschutes River: Wickiup Reservoir to Bend". United States Forest Service. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 2, 2016– via Acme Mapper. The map includes mile markers along the Deschutes.
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