What is Skagit River?
[[Image:Skagitrivermap.png|thumb|right|Map of the Skagit River drainage basin]] The '''Skagit River''' is a [[river]] in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]]. It flows about {{convert|120|mi|km}} from [[British Columbia]] to the state of [[Washington]], where it flows into the [[Pacific Ocean]] north of [[Seattle]]. The river begins by flowing south. It then enters [[North Cascades National Park]], where it is [[dam]]med by Ross Dam, which forms Ross Lake, a [[reservoir]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanrivers.org/2019/02/fifty-years-of-wild-and-scenic-rivers-in-washington-the-skagit-river-and-illabot-creek/|title=Fifty Years of Wild and Scenic Rivers in Washington: The Skagit River and Illabot Creek|date=2019-02-12|website=American Rivers|language=en-US|access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref> == Geography == The river then leaves the lake and flows into Diablo Lake, also a reservoir. It then keeps flowing southwest through a deep river canyon, known as the Skagit Gorge. It then meets its largest [[tributary]], the [[Sauk River]], and then turns west. The Sauk is about 45 miles long, flowing northwest. After turing west, the Skagit parallels the [[North Cascades Highway]], leaving the national park. It meets another tributary, the [[Baker River]], from the north. The Baker flows south about 30 miles and is dammed twice, in Baker Lake and Lake Shannon. The river then flows out to the sea near [[Mount Vernon, Washington]]. The total extent of the basin is 1,505 square [[mile]]s (3,900 square [[kilometer]]s). == References == {{Reflist}} {{multistub|US-geo|Canada}} [[Category:Rivers of British Columbia]] [[Category:Rivers of Washington (state)]]