Elwha River

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river

The Elwha River is a major river on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, renowned for the historic removal of its dams and the resulting large-scale salmon and ecosystem restoration.

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Label Occurrences
Elwha River canonical 7
Elwha River Restoration Project 1
Elwha River valley 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
damRemovalCompletionDate 2014 ⓘ
damRemovalProject Elwha River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elwha River Restoration Project
damRemovalSignificance one of the largest dam removal projects in U.S. history ⓘ
damRemovalStartDate 2011 ⓘ
ecosystemType temperate rainforest river ⓘ
flowsNear Port Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Port Angeles, Washington
flowsThrough Elwha Valley ⓘ
Olympic National Park ⓘ
hadDam Elwha Dam ⓘ
Glines Canyon Dam ⓘ
hasBasinSize approximately 322 square miles ⓘ
approximately 833 square kilometers ⓘ
hasBridge Elwha River Bridge (U.S. Highway 101) ⓘ
hasLength approximately 45 miles ⓘ
approximately 72 kilometers ⓘ
hasRecreation fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
historicallyImportantFor Pacific salmon runs ⓘ
knownFor ecosystem restoration ⓘ
large-scale dam removal ⓘ
salmon restoration ⓘ
locatedIn Clallam County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olympic Peninsula ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington State
managingAgency National Park Service ⓘ
mouthLocation Pacific Ocean basin ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca
partOf Olympic National Park river system ⓘ
restorationCost over 300 million US dollars ⓘ
restorationGoal recover native salmon populations ⓘ
reestablish fish passage ⓘ
restore estuary and nearshore habitats ⓘ
restore natural sediment transport ⓘ
sourceLocation Olympic Mountains ⓘ
Olympic National Park ⓘ
supportsSpecies Bull trout ⓘ
Chinook salmon ⓘ
Chum salmon ⓘ
Coho salmon ⓘ
Pink salmon ⓘ
Sockeye salmon ⓘ
Steelhead trout ⓘ
tribalTerritoryOf Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe reservation ⓘ
surface form: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clallam County, Washington → containsPlace → Elwha River ⓘ
Olympic Mountains → contains → Elwha River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elwha River valley
Olympic Peninsula → contains → Elwha River ⓘ
Port Angeles → near → Elwha River ⓘ
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe reservation → locatedNear → Elwha River ⓘ
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe reservation → relatedRiver → Elwha River ⓘ
Mount Olympus (Washington) → drainage → Elwha River ⓘ
MV Elwha (retired) → namedAfter → Elwha River ⓘ
subject surface form: MV Elwha
MV Elwha (retired) → namedAfter → Elwha River ⓘ
subject surface form: MV Elwha
this entity surface form: Elwha Valley
Elwha River → damRemovalProject → Elwha River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elwha River Restoration Project