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Named tributaries from source to mouth are Murphy Canyon, Haines Creek, North Fork Sixes River, Sugar and Sucker creeks, followed by the Middle Fork Sixes River. Below this come Big and Otter creeks, then the South Fork Sixes River. Further downstream are
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748:Oregon placenames of Native American origin
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340:Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest
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675:"Copper Salmon Wilderness Campaign"
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342:. It flows generally west, through
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701:"United States Topographic Map"
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743:Rivers of Curry County, Oregon
510:Source elevation derived from
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677:. Oregon Wild. Archived from
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583:Field Guide to Oregon Rivers
410:. Wildlife species include
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352:Cape Blanco
334:, south of
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309:Sixes River
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22:Sixes River
722:Categories
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459:References
319:along the
272:Basin size
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685:April 28,
659:March 30,
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416:steelhead
400:Elk River
388:gold rush
323:north of
284:Discharge
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380:Kwatami
338:in the
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348:Sixes
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100:Curry
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709:2016
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