Columbia River

1. River that runs from British Columbia, Canada, to the Pacific Ocean and passes between Oregon and Washington.

Known for its great salmon runs in spring.

The site of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams.

Example Sentences

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.

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Their water stays there — although every few years someone voices a crackpot idea about California importing water from the Columbia River.

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Washington’s 3rd Congressional District runs north from the Columbia River, which forms the border with Oregon.

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In southeast Vancouver, about 10 miles away across the Columbia River, another ballot box was set on fire with a “suspicious device” at 4 a.m., local police said in a release.

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As he spoke, a steady rain pattered on the promenade facing Portland, just across the Columbia River.

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