Cedar River (Washington)
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| River name: | Cedar River |
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| State: | Washington |
| County: | King |
| Main tributary: | None |
| Tributary of: | None |
| Artificial lake(s): | Chester Morse Lake (formerly Cedar Lake) |
| Local watershed: | Cedar river |
| Greater watershed: | Puget Sound |
| Cities it flows through: | Maple Valley, Washington, Renton, Washington |
| Get USGS maps (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form) | |
| Some data, credit: U. S. Geological Survey | |
The 45 mile (72 km) long Cedar River is located in central western Washington, USA. It starts in the Cascade Mountains, and since 1912 has emptied into Lake Washington at Renton. (It had previously emptied into the Black River, but was diverted in hopes of avoiding another flood like the one that took place in 1911.) It flows generally east to west.
It is in the Cedar River watershed, a part of the larger Puget Sound watershed.
Part of it is run by the Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) department along with the Tolt River Watershed. It supplies 70% of the drinking water used by the 1.3 million inhabitants in Seattle and the other neighboring communities SPU serves.
External links
- SPU Cedar River Watershed site (http://www.cityofseattle.net/util/cedarwatershed/)
- Renton's Cedar Rivers Park (http://www.ci.renton.wa.us/commserv/parks/cedriver.htm)