The Warm Springs River is a tributary of the

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in north-central

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in the United States. It flows generally southeast along the east side of the

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. The watershed is approximately between Mount Jefferson and

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, and the northwestern and southwestern boundaries of the

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coincide with the watershed. The headwaters are less than from the

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boundary (which follows the Cascade crest). The river flows generally eastward, with occasional diagonals southeast or northeast. It joins the Deschutes River at

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83.7 (134.7 km upstream from the mouth of the Deschutes). Named tributaries of the river from source to mouth are Dry and Bunchgrass creeks followed by the South Fork Warm Springs River. Then come Badger, Mill, and Beaver creeks. The map includes mile markers along the lower of the Warm Springs River and along the Deschutes River.

References

External links

"Instream Flow Study of the Warm Springs River"
(PDF) from the Bonneville Power Administration, published in September 1981 Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Wasco County, Oregon {{Oregon-river-stub

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