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Tumalo Creek

Tumalo Creek
Tumalo Creek.jpg
Below Tumalo Falls
Name origin: Perhaps from the Klamath word for wild plum
Country United States
State Oregon
County Deschutes
Source confluence of Middle and North forks of Tumalo Creek
 - location Deschutes National Forest near Mount Bachelor, Cascade Range
 - elevation 5,597 ft (1,706 m)
 - coordinates 44°02′49″N 121°35′55″W / 44.04694°N 121.59861°W / 44.04694; -121.59861 
Mouth Deschutes River
 - location north of Bend, upstream of Tumalo State Park
 - elevation 3,245 ft (989 m)
 - coordinates 44°06′57″N 121°20′22″W / 44.11583°N 121.33944°W / 44.11583; -121.33944Coordinates: 44°06′57″N 121°20′22″W / 44.11583°N 121.33944°W / 44.11583; -121.33944 
Length 20 mi (32.2 km)
Basin 59 sq mi (153 km2)
Discharge
 - average 75 cu ft/s (2 m3/s)
 - max 250 cu ft/s (7 m3/s)
Location of the mouth of Tumalo Creek in Oregon

Tumalo Creek is a tributary, about 20 miles (32 km) long, of the Deschutes River, located in Deschutes County in Central Oregon, United States. It rises in the Cascade Range at 44°02′49″N 121°35′55″W / 44.04706°N 121.598647°W / 44.04706; -121.598647 (Tumalo Creek source), where Middle Fork Tumalo Creek and North Fork Tumalo Creek meet, and forms several waterfalls, including the 97-foot (30 m) Tumalo Falls. Its mouth is on the Deschutes at 44°06′57″N 121°20′22″W / 44.1159506°N 121.3394783°W / 44.1159506; -121.3394783.

It is home to several species of trout, including the Columbia River redband trout. It is the primary drinking water source for the city of Bend. The lower reaches of the creek are often emptied for irrigation, drained by a tunnel flume at 44°05′45″N 121°21′35″W / 44.09589°N 121.35966°W / 44.09589; -121.35966 (Tumalo Creek tunnel flume) and Tumalo Canal at 44°05′45″N 121°21′35″W / 44.09591°N 121.35970°W / 44.09591; -121.35970 (Tumalo Canal source).


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