The Row River, about long, drains a portion of the
Umpqua National Forest on the west face of the central Oregon Cascades between Cottage Grove and
Oakridge. Its headwaters are near the unincorporated community of
Disston, where Layng Creek and Brice Creek join at . The river flows predominately westward. About below Disston, Gleason Creek enters from the
right bank, and about later, the Row receives Hunt Creek from the right and passes over Wildwood Falls at . A quarter-mile (500 m) later it passes through Lasells D. Stewart Park, and later through the community of
Culp Creek, where it receives
Sharps Creek and then Culp Creek, both from the
left bank. Turning northwards, the river receives Hawley Creek from the left just above
river mile (RM) 15 or river kilometer (RK 24) and shortly thereafter flows through Dorena. At RM 14 (RK 23), Cedar Creek enters from the right. Soon the river turns sharply west, passes a
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
stream gauge at RM 13.2 (RK 21.2), and turns to the northwest. Over the next stretch, it receives Pitcher Creek, King Creek, and Anderson Creek, all from the left, before entering
Dorena Lake at RM 11 (RK 18). At the Cottage Grove gauge, the average flow is . This is from a drainage area of . The maximum flow recorded there was on December 28, 1945, and the minimum flow was from September 25 to October 7, 1958. ==See also==