Duwamish River
The Duwamish River is the name of the lower 12 miles of Washington state's Green River. Its industrialized estuary is known as the Duwamish Waterway. Although heavily polluted, it is an important habitat for the wildlife.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Wetland (intermittent)
- Description: tributary to Elliot Bay in King County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “D’Wamish River”, “Dewampsh River”, “Dwamish River”, and “Linananimis River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kubota Garden and Tukwila International Boulevard station.
Kubota Garden
Garden
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kubota Garden is a 20-acre Japanese garden in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. A public park since 1987, it was started in 1927 by Fujitaro Kubota, a Japanese emigrant.
Tukwila International Boulevard station
Railway station
Photo: Seattledude, Public domain.
Tukwila International Boulevard station is a light rail station in Tukwila, Washington, United States. It is located between SeaTac/Airport and Rainier Beach stations on the 1 Line from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Downtown Seattle.
Westfield Southcenter
Shopping center
Photo: Jwinters, Public domain.
Westfield Southcenter, formerly known as Southcenter Mall, is a shopping mall located in Tukwila, Washington, United States. Owned by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, it is the largest shopping center in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allentown and Foster.
Allentown
Hamlet
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Allentown is a neighborhood of Tukwila, Washington, on the Duwamish River. It is situated between the Rainier View neighborhood of southern Seattle and the Boulevard Park neighborhood of unincorporated King County.
Foster
Hamlet
Foster, Washington was a former community in King County in the U.S. state of Washington. After being annexed in 1989, Foster's former area is a part of the city of Tukwila.
Riverton
Hamlet
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverton is a census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,407 at the 2010 census. Riverton was formerly part of the Riverton-Boulevard Park CDP, which was split up for the 2010 census into Riverton and Boulevard Park.
Duwamish River
- Categories: river, estuary, and body of water
- Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.48974° or 47° 29′ 23″ northLongitude
-122.27002° or 122° 16′ 12″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
84VVFPQH+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 158252152OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yesGeoNames ID
5792997Wikidata ID
Q751663
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Duwamish River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Duwamish”
- Catalan: “Duwamish”
- Cebuano: “Duwamish River”
- Chinese: “度瓦米許河”
- Chinese: “杜瓦米什河”
- Chinese: “杜瓦米許河”
- Dutch: “Duwamish River”
- Dutch: “Duwamish”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر دواميش”
- Esperanto: “Duŭamŝa rivero”
- Esperanto: “Duwamish”
- French: “Duwamish River”
- German: “Duwamish River”
- Hebrew: “נהר הדואמיש”
- Irish: “Abhainn Duwamish”
- Japanese: “デュワミッシュ川”
- Spanish: “Duwamish River”
- Spanish: “Rio Duwamish”
- Spanish: “Río Duwamish”
- Venetian: “Duwamish”
- Welsh: “Afon Duwamish”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Codiga Park and Tukwila Community Center Park.
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