The Klaskanine River is a tributary of the

Youngs River Youngs can refer to: People: *Ben Youngs (b. 1989), English rugby union player *Elaine Youngs (b. 1970), American beach volleyball player *Jenny Owen Youngs (b. 1981), American singer-songwriter *Jim Youngs (b. 1956), American actor who appeared in ...

, approximately long, in northwest

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in the

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. It drains a small section of the Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of the state in the watershed of the nearby Columbia River. It rises in three short forks in the mountains in central Clatsop County, in the

Clatsop State Forest Clatsop State Forest is a state forest in Clatsop and Columbia counties in the U.S. state of Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Orego ...

north of

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. The Middle Fork joins the North Fork, which then joins the South Fork. The combined stream flows generally northwest and enters the Youngs River from the east approximately south of Astoria.

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Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Clatsop County, Oregon Oregon placenames of Native American origin {{Oregon-river-stub

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