slgwv's photos with the keyword: Chewaucan River

Looking northwest from a point, accessible to vehicles, that evidently is a popular hang-gliding takeoff spot. The Abert Rim is a large fault scarp, related to Basin and Range crustal extension, that extends some 30 miles (50 km) roughly north-south in south-central Oregon, and stands roughly 2500 ft (~760 m) above the valley floor below. We're near the southern end here. US highway 395 runs more or less horizontally across the valley below, and a cluster of trees marks Valley Falls (note), where Oregon State Route 31 takes off to run northwesterly. Summer Lake (or rather, the playa on the east side thereof) is barely visible in the far distance (note), below Winter Ridge, another fault scarp. The Chewaucan River flows out of the mountains (Gearhart Mtns) to the left and crosses diagonally in the middle distance, eventually ending in saline Abert Lake (hidden behind the near scarp to the right). The body of water at center-right is a reservoir that stores water from the Chewaucan before it enters the lake. The inset on the right is a close up of this reservoir. "Abert" (AY-bert) looks like a misspelling of "Albert," but the name comes from John James Abert and his son James William Abert. Both were members of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, which carried out explorations in the West before the US Civil War. The younger Abert was a member of John C. Fremont's expedition which came thru this area in 1843.

Storing the fresh water of the Chewaucan River before it enters saline Lake Abert.

Overlooking the Chewaucan River, in the Gearhart Mountains of south-central Oregon upstream from the village of Paisley. The Chewaucan is another landlocked river. It flows into saline Lake Abert, and indeed is the lake's main water source We're looking north here. Turns out "Chewaucan" is pronounced, more or less, "SHEE-wuh-cahn."

South-central Oregon, USA. The Chewaucan, only about 50 miles long, rises in Gearhart Mountain and flows into Lake Abert, a closed-basin lake. It never reaches the sea. This is a remote part of Oregon; the tiny town of Paisley is the only settlement along the river. Map position is approximate because (for whatever reason) the satellite view feature has quit working again. UPDATE: The satellite view has returned, so the position has been corrected. UPDATE2: Turns out "Chewaucan" is pronounced, more or less, SHEE-wah-cahn.

South-central Oregon, USA. The Chewaucan, only about 50 miles long, rises in Gearhart Mountain and flows into Lake Abert, a closed-basin lake. It never reaches the sea. This is a remote part of Oregon; the tiny town of Paisley is the only settlement along the river.