NOUN
- 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
How To Use Columbia River In A Sentence
- During this period of joint occupation in the Columbia River watershed, neither Great Britain nor the United States had a governmental representative in the area.
- Northwest lawmakers and agencies also are watching to see how much the administration will dedicate for endangered Columbia River salmon and steelhead.
- Its coevolution in the upper Columbia River basin with another salmonid predator, the bull trout, and a large species of minnow, the northern pikeminnow, likely influenced its feeding habits in the course of evolutionary programming. Trout and Salmon of North America
- Near starvation, the explorers finally find the headwaters of the Columbia River and are soon riding the swift current toward the Pacific Ocean and their second winter away from home.
- The limitation on maximum size is attributed to their coevolution in the upper Columbia River basin with the predatory bull trout and the large northern pikeminnow. Trout and Salmon of North America
- Oregon, native Chinookan people of the lower Columbia River lived in huge plank houses at a settlement we now call the St. Johns Site. WN.com - Business News
- Alaska Bwana Hunting Knife by Columbia River Knife and Tool.
- Volcanic ash silted up the Columbia River 35 miles away.
- It wasn't until 1898 when the Astoria & Columbia River connected Astoria to the NP line, with trackage rights to Portland.
- Asia, he originated and organized the expedition of Lewis and Clark, whose duty it was to trace the affluents of the Columbia River now known as Snake River and Clarke's Fork. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
