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The fourth-largest river in the United States by volume,[note 1]the Columbia has the greatest flowof any river entering the Pacific outside of Asia, and the 36th greatestdischarge of any river in the world. The Columbia and its tributaries have been central to the region's culture and economy for thousands of years.
The Columbia River Estuary is situated on the Oregon – Washington border and the Pacific Coast of the United States. It was traditionally inhabited by the Chinook Native Americans and discovered by settlers in 1788. The Estuary plays host to a plethora of species of marine and terrestrial flora and fauna, and multiple conservation ...
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Coordinates: 46°N 116°W. 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 ...
Columbia Plateau. Coordinates: 45°59′58″N 119°00′05″W. The Columbia Plateau covers much of the Columbia River Basalt Group, shown in green on this map. The Washington cities of Spokane, Yakima and Pasco, and the Oregon city of Pendleton, lie on the Columbia Plateau. The Columbia Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies ...
The Columbia River and its tributaries generate 40% of U.S. hydropower, irrigate $8 billion in agriculture products and move 42 million tons of cargo annually, according to the Biden administration.
The Columbia Basin Project (or CBP) in Central Washington, United States, is the irrigation network that the Grand Coulee Dam makes possible. It is the largest water reclamation project in the United States, supplying irrigation water to over 670,000 acres (2,700 km 2) of the 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km 2) large project area, all of which was ...
Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The city got its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the locks in 1875, construction began in 1878, and the locks were completed on November 5, 1896.