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The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: Wimahl or Wimal; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. [14] The river forms in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
Dams of the Columbia River Basin. Click to view higher resolution and read legend. Hydroelectric generators in the basin sized by capacity. 17 dams on the British Columbia side of Canada-US border not shown. There are more than 60 dams in the Columbia River watershed in the United States and Canada. Tributaries of the Columbia River and their ...
Kootenay River (British Columbia, Idaho, Montana; see below for sub-tributaries) Hugh Keenleyside Dam and Arrow Lakes (British Columbia) Whatshan River (British Columbia)
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south. [1]
The Columbia Basin. The Columbia River drainage basin is the drainage basin of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.It covers 668,000 km 2 or 258,000 sq mi. [1] In common usage, the term often refers to a smaller area, generally the portion of the drainage basin that lies within eastern Washington.
Columbia River; Tributaries of the Columbia River; Hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River This page was last edited on 10 April 2022, at 17:22 (UTC). Text is ...
The Columbia River (Chinookan: hayásh-tsəqʷ, meaning “great water”) [3] was a bustling hub of trade for Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest for centuries. In fact, archaeological evidence has proven that humans have inhabited the area for around 10 000 years.
Celilo Falls and The Dalles (many variant names including: The Chutes, Columbia Falls, Great Falls of the Columbia, Five Mile Rapids, Long Narrows, Les Grand Dalles de la Columbia, The Dalles of the Columbia): A series of rapids located between river mile 188 and 200 near today's The Dalles, Oregon in the Columbia River Gorge. The entire set of ...