USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
DESCRIPTION:
Kalama River Drainage, Mount St. Helens, Washington
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[MaP,20K,InlineGIF)
Major Hydrologic Features in the Mount St. Helens Region
-- Modified from: Crandell and Mullineaux, 1978, USGS Bulletin
1383-C
From:
Dinehart, 1986, Sediment Data for Streams near Mount St. Helens, Washington --
Volume 2. Water Years 1981-83:
USGS Open-File Report 85-632, 438p.
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The Kalama River, which drains southwestward from Mount St. Helens, has a
drainage area of 205 square miles. Mudflows entered the upper part of the
Kalama River
during the
May 18, 1980 eruption
(Christiansen and Peterson, 1981).
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02/18/99, Lyn Topinka