The Whitewater River is a tributary of the Metolius River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It flows generally east from Whitewater Glacier on Mount Jefferson, west-southwest of Warm Springs in Jefferson County.[5] The river descends from 7,847 feet (2,392 m) at the source to 2,218 feet (676 m) at the mouth.[2][1] The stream lies entirely within the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.[5]
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- ^ a b c d "Whitewater River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ "Water-Data Report 2009: 14090400 Whitewater River Near Camp Sherman, OR" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ^ "Water-Data Report 2009: 14090400 Whitewater River Near Camp Sherman, OR" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.