Flow
The USGS maintains a stream gauge at river mile 15.8, just upstream from the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District canal intake. The river's discharge (flow) at this point averages 2,283 cubic feet per second (64.6 m3/s), with a recorded maximum of 45,800 cubic feet per second (1,300 m3/s) and minimum of 65 cubic feet per second (1.8 m3/s).
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