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Title

Columbia River Water Resource Management Program - Columbia River Facts

Month-Year PublishedFebruary 2006
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Short Description

This publication gives facts about the Columbia River. Here are a couple:

  • The Columbia River basin comprises some 260,000 square miles, from its headwaters in British Columbia, Canada, to its mouth at Astoria, Ore., bordering Washington and Oregon.

  • The basin includes parts of seven states, 13 federally recognized Indian reservations, and one Canadian province. Nineteen percent of the watershed is in Washington.

    Download the one-page publication to read more facts.

    • Publication Number06-01-007
    ContactGerry O'Keefe, (360) 407-6640
    Print Availability Not available as a printed document
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    Number of pages 1
    Keywords Columbia River
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