Dungeness River - Citizendia

The Dungeness River is located in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the only Temperate rain forests in the world including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It rises near Mount Constance in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park, flows through the Buckhorn Wilderness, near the town of Sequim, and drains into the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the Dungeness Spit. Mount Constance is a peak in the Olympic Mountains of Washington and the third highest in the range The Olympic Mountains are a Mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. Olympic National Park is located in the US state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. The Buckhorn Wilderness is a Mountainous wilderness area on the northeastern Olympic Peninsula in Washington, USA. Sequim (skwɪm is a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The Strait of Juan de Fuca (also called Juan de Fuca Strait) is a large body of water about long forming the principal outlet for the Georgia Strait and Puget Dungeness Spit is a long sand spit jutting out from the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula in northeastern Clallam County Washington, into the

The river was named for Dungeness Spit. The name "Dungeness" refers to the Dungeness headland in England. See also Battle of Dungeness for the 1652 battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War Dungeness River for the river in Washington England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It was given by George Vancouver in 1792, who wrote: The low sandy point of land, which from its great resemblance to Dungeness in ths British Channel, I called New Dungeness. Captain George Vancouver ^[1]

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^ Phillips, James W. This is a list of rivers in the US state of Washington. By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries The Dungeness crab is a species of Crab that inhabits Eelgrass beds and water bottoms from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to Santa Gray Wolf River is a river of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and a tributary of the Dungeness River. (1971). Washington State Place Names. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-95158-3.

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