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access and would take several days to reach on foot. Giant Falls, just as difficult to reach, is located a ways downstream of
Moraine Falls. Ptarmigan Ridge separates the North Mowich River's headwaters from Spray Park, much of which is drained by other tributaries of the North Mowich River. Spray Creek rises in Spray Park, tumbles over Spray Falls, and collects a tributary called Grant Creek. Spray Creek then flows down from Spray Park and along the bottom of the steep slope called Eagle Cliff, after which it joins the river.
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The South Mowich River's headwater tributaries flow around a highland called
Jeanette Heights. The river, having been formed by meltwater from the South Mowich and Edmunds Glacier, flows northwest for several miles. Several (all unnamed) glacier-fed streams gather into the South Mowich River on its
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The North Mowich River's headwater tributaries drain North Mowich
Glacier near an area of Mount Rainier called Division Rook. Shortly below the toe of the glacier, the river drops over a large wall, forming Moraine Falls, the first of two waterfalls on the river, both of which are very difficult to
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After the North Mowich and South Mowich join to form the Mowich River Proper which flows west. It passes Paul Peak to the north, then exits Mount
Rainier National Park. Just outside the park the river is joined by Meadow Creek. Then the Mowich River flows by Martin Peak to the north before curving
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Shortly below the Spray Creek confluence, the North Mowich River is joined by Crater Creek, which flows from Mowich Lake a few miles to the north. Various tributary creeks, many of which drain Spray Park, flow into Crater Creek. The North and South Mowich Rivers then join just downstream.
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passes through Sunset Park and descends into the valley of the South Mowich River, crossing it just above the confluence of the south and north branches. The
Wonderland Trail then crosses the North Mowich River and climbs to Mowich Lake and another highland area called Spray Park.
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branches, the South Mowich River and the North Mowich River. The South Mowich is significantly larger and sometimes considered the main river. The Mowich and its tributaries drain several of Mount
Rainier's glaciers. The upper portion of its watershed is contained within
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such as silt and gravel. After descending from the upper slopes of Mount
Rainier the Mowich River flows through a broad glacier-carved valley where thick sediment deposits in the
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southwest and flowing through a broad, glacier-carved valley. Rushingwater Creek joins the Mowich River just before the Mowich River itself joins the
Puyallup River.
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592:"Giant Falls, Pierce County, Washington - Northwest Waterfall Survey"
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544:Washington State Place Names
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540:Phillips, James W. (1971).
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663:Categories
648:2007-07-18
483:References
453:meandering
445:stream bed
279:Washington
275:U.S. state
188:122°1′49″W
120:46°52′19″N
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466:See also
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