Priest River

{{Short description|Tributary of the Pend Oreille River}}

{{about|the river in Idaho|the town|Priest River, Idaho}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Priest River

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| image = PriestRiverPigs crop.jpg

| image_caption = Log drivers on the Priest River

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| pushpin_map = USA Idaho

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Priest River in Idaho

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Idaho

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| subdivision_type4 = County

| subdivision_name4 = Bonner County, Idaho

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| length = {{convert|68|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=National Hydrography Dataset|publisher=United States Geological Survey|url=http://nhd.usgs.gov/index.html|accessdate=July 15, 2013}} Note: Length includes Priest Lake. The Priest River is {{convert|47|mi|km}} long not including Priest Lake.

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| discharge1_location= Priest River, Idaho

| discharge1_min = 285 cuft/s

| discharge1_avg = 1,732 cuft/s

| discharge1_max = 3,500 cuft/s

| source1 = Upper Priest Lake

| source1_location = Bonner County, Idaho

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|48|45|58|N|116|51|52|W|display=inline}}{{cite gnis|title=Priest River|id=388878|entrydate=June 21, 1979|accessdate=July 23, 2013}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|2445|ft|abbr=on}}Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.

| mouth = Pend Oreille River

| mouth_location = in Priest River, Bonner County, Idaho

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|48|10|37|N|116|53|34|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|2054|ft|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|980|sqmi|abbr=on}}

| tributaries_left = East River, Lion Creek

| tributaries_right = Upper West Branch, Lower West Branch, Granite Creek

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The Priest River is a {{convert|68|mi|km|0|adj=on}} long tributary of the Pend Oreille River in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is part of the Columbia River basin, as the Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River. The river's drainage basin is {{convert|980|sqmi|km2}} in area.[http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/admin/level2/intermtn/plan/pend.pdf Intermountain Subbasin Plan, Pend Oreille] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205140138/http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/admin/level2/intermtn/plan/pend.pdf |date=2012-02-05 }}, Northwest Power and Conservation Council

The river was named for a Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J..{{cite book|title=Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Idaho|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uW9LAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA21|year=1922|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|page=21}}