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Cle Elum River

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name Tie-el-Lum, meaning "swift water", referring to the Cle Elum River. In 1908, Clealum was altered to Cle Elum. This spelling came to be used for the river as well. Some maps in the 1850s also have the river labeled as
343:. Although a natural lake, Cle Elum Lake's water level and discharge is controlled by Cle Elum Dam, a 165-foot (50 m) high earthfill structure built in 1933. The dam and lake are managed for irrigation purposes by the 335:
and flows generally south, through Hyas Lake. The river is joined by many tributary streams including Waptus River and Cooper River draining from
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as part of the Yakima Project. Below the dam, Cle Elum River continues south to join the Yakima River on the west side of the city of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cle Elum River
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Cle Elum Lake
Washington
Kittitas County
Cle Elum
47°35′19″N 121°10′1″W / 47.58861°N 121.16694°W / 47.58861; -121.16694
Mouth
47°10′37″N 120°59′49″W / 47.17694°N 120.99694°W / 47.17694; -120.99694
tributary
Yakima River
U.S. state
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway
Cle Elum, Washington
Kittitas
Cascade Range
Mount Daniel
Cooper Lake
Cle Elum Lake
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Cle Elum
List of rivers of Washington (state)
List of tributaries of the Columbia River


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cle Elum River
USGS
GNIS

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