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  2. Celilo Falls - Wikipedia

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    Celilo Falls. Celilo Falls (Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks," in several native languages) was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The name refers to a series of cascades and ...

  3. White Salmon River - Wikipedia

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    Wild, Scenic. Designated. November 17, 1986. The White Salmon River is a 44-mile (71 km) tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. [3] Originating on the slopes of Mount Adams, it flows into the Columbia Gorge near the community of Underwood. Parts of the river have been designated Wild and Scenic.

  4. Columbia Bar - Wikipedia

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    The Columbia Bar is a system of bars and shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River spanning the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. It is one of the most dangerous bar crossings in the world, earning the nickname Graveyard of the Pacific. The bar is about 3 miles (5 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) long. [1]

  5. Columbia Basin Project - Wikipedia

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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. 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 ...

  6. Columbia River - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) is a fishery resource for the treaty tribes of the Columbia River.Under the treaty, the native tribes, The Nez Perce Tribe, Warm Springs Reservation Tribe, and Umatilla Indian Reservation Tribe, have to the right to fish in the Columbia River, which means their fishery must be reserve and protect.

  8. Columbia River Estuary - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Columbia River Gorge - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

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