Columbia River

The Columbia River is the lairgest river in the Paceefic Northwast region o North Americae.

Columbia River
Bonneville Dam, in the Columbia River Gorge
Name oreegin: Captain Robert Gray's ship, Columbia Rediviva
Nickname: Big River, the River o the Wast, River Oregon[1]
Kintras	Unitit States, Canadae
States	Washington, Oregon
Province	Breetish Columbie
Tributaries
- left	Spillimacheen River, Beaver River, Illecillewaet River, Incomappleux River, Kootenay River, Pend Oreille River, Spokane River, Snake River, John Day River, Deschutes River, Willamette River
- right	Kicking Horse River, Blaeberry River, Canoe River, Kettle River, Sanpoil River, Okanogan River, Entiat River, Wenatchee River, Yakima River, Lewis River, Cowlitz River
Ceeties	Revelstoke, BC, Wenatchee, WA, East Wenatchee, WA, Tri-Cities, WA, The Dalles, OR, Hood River, OR, Portland, OR, Vancouver, WA, Longview, WA, Astoria, OR
Soorce	Columbia Lake
- location	British Columbia, Canada
- elevation	2,690 ft (820 m) [2]
- coordinates	50°13′35″N 115°51′05″W [3]
Mooth	Paceefic Ocean, at Clatsop County, Oregon / Pacific County, Washington
- elevation	0 ft (0 m)
- coordinates	46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W [4]
Lenth	1,243 mi (2,000 km) [5]
Basin	258,000 sq mi (668,000 km2)
Discharge	for mouth (average); max and min at The Dalles, Oregon, 188.9 mile (304.0 km) from the mouth
- average	265,000 cu ft/s (7,500 m3/s) [6] [7][8]
- max	1,240,000 cu ft/s (35,100 m3/s)
- min	12,100 cu ft/s (300 m3/s)
Columbia River drainage basin
Wikimedia Commons: Columbia River

References

1. Holbrook, Stewart (1956). The Columbia. San Francisco: Comstock Editions. ISBN 978-0-89174-051-3.
2. Marsh, James H. (2013). "Columbia River". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
3. "Columbia Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
4. "Columbia River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 28 November 1980. Archived frae the original on 22 Juin 2020. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2008.
5. "The Columbia River". Columbia River Keeper. 2013. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
6. Kammerer, J. C. (Mey 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States". United States Geological Survey. Archived frae the original on 29 Januar 2017. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2008. Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help)
7. Kimbrough, R. A.; Ruppert, G. P.; Wiggins, W. D.; Smith, R. R.; Kresch, D. L. (2006). "Water Data Report WA-05-1: Klickitat and White Salmon River Basins and the Columbia River from Kennewick to Bonneville Dam" (PDF). Water Resources Data-Washington Water Year 2005. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2008.
8. Loy et al. 2001, pp. 164–65.