Abandon Run Tributary to Caribou Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Idaho |
County | Boundary |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lion Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles west of "The Lions Head" |
• coordinates | 48°47′12″N 116°44′30″W / 48.78667°N 116.74167°W [1] |
• elevation | 4,980 ft (1,520 m) [2] |
Mouth | Caribou Creek |
• location | about 8 miles southwest of West Fork Lake |
• coordinates | 48°49′15″N 116°46′42″W / 48.82083°N 116.77833°W [1] |
• elevation | 3,461 ft (1,055 m) [3] |
Length | 3.03 mi (4.88 km) [4] |
Basin size | 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Caribou Creek |
• average | 27.23 cu ft/s (0.771 m3/s) at mouth with Caribou Creek [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Caribou Creek → Priest River → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean |
River system | Columbia River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaties |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | none |
Abandon Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho. [1] It is a tributary of Caribou Creek. [6]
Abandon Creek was named because of its isolated location. [7]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Name descriptive of the remote and deserted aspect...