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DESCRIPTION:
Kalama River Drainage, Mount St. Helens, Washington


Kalama River Basin

[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.
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