Tumtum River
Tumtum River | |
Name origin: Chinook Jargon word for "heart", referring to the heart of the valley through which the river flows [1] | |
Country | United States |
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State | Oregon |
Counties | Lincoln, Benton |
Source | Central Oregon Coast Range |
- location | near Burnt Woods, Lincoln County |
- elevation | 1,018 ft (310 m) [2] |
- coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3] |
Mouth | Marys River |
- location | near Alder, Benton County |
- elevation | 584 ft (178 m) [3] |
- coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3] |
Length | 9 mi (14 km) |
Basin | 19.1 sq mi (49 km2) [4] |
The Tumtum River is a 9-mile (14 km) tributary of the Marys River in Benton and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. The river rises in the Central Oregon Coast Range west of Burnt Woods and passes through the communities of Burnt Woods and Blodgett. It then drains into the Marys River north of Alder.[3][5]
The name Tumtum is a Chinook Jargon word for "heart", and the river was so-named because it was considered to be the heart of the valley through which it flowed.[1] When the Burnt Woods post office was to be named, one of the names proposed to the Post Office Department was Tumtum.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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