Columbia River
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Known for its great salmon runs in spring.
The site of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams.
Example Sentences
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I already had a relationship with Columbia River as a yoga teacher, so I felt comfortable reaching out to the superintendent to propose it.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The towns speckling the Columbia River basin have long ridden the ebbs and flows of far-off markets: volatile crop prices, changes in the livestock trade, pressure on the lumber industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
As he spoke, a steady rain pattered on the promenade facing Portland, just across the Columbia River.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024
Wilcove describes fish ladders installed on dams in the Columbia River that allowed adult salmon to travel upstream but offered no accommodation for juveniles heading in the opposite direction, leading local populations to collapse.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024
According to Fenn, “the great preponderance of the evidence” indicates that the Shoshone also transmitted smallpox down the Columbia River into the Pacific Northwest.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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