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The Columbia Basin Project (or CBP) in Central Washington, United States, is the irrigation network that the Grand Coulee Dam makes possible.
Pinto Dam and Billy Clapp Lake are part of the Main Canal (1951) of the Columbia Basin project. [8] The canal is 8.3 miles (13.4 km), from Banks lake to Billy Clapp Lake. . From the Billy Clap Lakes outlet, the lower reach of the Main Canal continues westward to divide into the East Low and West Canals near Adco on Washingto
Columbia Plateau, the geographic region in the Pacific Northwest commonly referred to as the Columbia Basin; Columbia Plateau (ecoregion), an ecoregion in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington; Columbia River drainage basin, a drainage basin covering parts of U.S. and Canada; Columbia River Basalt Group, a set of rock layers that underlies ...
The Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District (QCBID) is one of three independent non-profit quasi-municipalities founded under Washington state law that hold a contract with the United States Bureau of Reclamation, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to operate and maintain a portion of the Columbia Basin Project.
Hells Canyon Dam, Snake River Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho Coho Spawning on the Salmon River. The Columbia Basin Initiative is a 2023 agreement between the U.S. government, four sovereign Native American Tribes (Nez Perce, Yakama, Warm Springs and Umatilla) and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon to provide over $1 billion in funds for salmon restoration and clean energy production. [1]
Water from the Columbia River is subject to resource allocation debates involving fisheries, navigation, hydropower, recreation, and irrigation, and the Columbia Basin Project has dramatically converted much of the region to agricultural use. [2] [3] [4]
Columbia Basin Project, largest reclamation project in United States Banks Lake, a 27-mile (43 km) long reservoir; Potholes Reservoir: 670,000 irrigated acres; Grand Coulee Dam; Okanogan Project [7] Conconully Dam and Reservoir; Salmon Lake Dam and Conconully Lake; Salmon Creek Diversion Dam; Yakima Project, 464,000 irrigable acres [8] Bumping Lake
Crab Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington.Named for the presence of crayfish, [7] it is one of the few perennial streams in the Columbia Basin of central Washington, flowing from the northeastern Columbia River Plateau, roughly 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Reardan, west-southwest to empty into the Columbia River near the small town of Beverly.