The Chiwawa River is a tributary of the Wenatchee River, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is completely contained within Chelan County.
Much of the Chiwawa River's drainage basin is designated national forest and wilderness. The upper Chiwawa watershed is in nearly pristine condition.
The river is part of the Columbia River basin, being a tributary of the Wenatchee River, which is a tributary to the Columbia River.
The river's name comes from a Columbia-Moses term meaning of kind of creek ("wawa" creek). A large number of place names in the Chiwawa River basin were given by Albert H. Syl...
Click any point for details. Sections without stored geometry are drawn as straight put-in → take-out lines — actual courses follow the river.