Columbia River

Definition: Columbia River

Columbia River

Noun

1. A North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Columbia River

Crosswords: Columbia River

Books

• Empty Nets: Indians, Dams and the Columbia River (Culture and Environment in the Pacific West Series) (reference)

• Hidden Oregon: Including Portland, the Coast, Cascades, and Columbia River Gorge (reference)

• Hiking the Columbia River Gorge (FalconGuide) (reference)

• Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &C.,With a Scientific Appendix) (reference)

• Voyage of a Summer Sun: Canoeing the Columbia River (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Columbia River Gorge: A Chasm of Majesty (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"The Columbia River". A steamboat on The Rapids below the Cascade Locks. In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 192. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The entrance to the Columbia River with Mount St. Helens seen in the distance. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory . By George Davidson, 1869. P. 146. Library Call Number VK947.D4 1869. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A salmon gillnetter at Astoria on the Columbia River. Credit: Fisheries.

Salmon gillnetters at Astoria on the Columbia River. Credit: Fisheries.

Hauling in beach seine from the Columbia River by horse teams. F&WL 12,496. Credit: Fisheries.

Men hauling in beach seine heavy with Columbia River salmon. F&WL 12,495. Credit: Fisheries.

A native American gillnet fishing in the Columbia River. Credit: Fisheries.

A first contoured map of the Astoria Canyon complex off the entrance to the Columbia River. In: Francis P. Shepard, "Submarine Valleys." The Geographical Review, Volume XXIII, 1933, p. 86. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Over 100 center-pivot sprinklers controlled by a central computer irrigate wheat, alfalfa, potatoes, and melons along the Columbia River near Hermiston, Oregon. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Doug Wilson..

Columbia River BasaltFour RiversLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Terry Maley.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

andouille, Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla vulgaris, anguille commune, anguille de rivière, anguille d'Europe, Anguillidae, VE Anguilla anguilla, VE anguille. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: vermicular.

-4 letters: airmobile, crumblier, mercurial, microbial, orbicular, overclaim.

-5 letters: acervuli, aerobium, albicore, beclamor, biovular, braciole, bulimiac, cabriole, carriole, ciborium, clamorer, corrival, crumbier, labourer, marblier, microbar, overcram, reburial, rubeolar, rubrical, variorum, velarium.

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