Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor.

British explorer David Thompson was the first European to navigate the entire length of the Columbia River in 1811.

Includes chapter " Astoria and the Columbia River.

Category: Populated places on the Columbia River

It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.

The coldest temperature in British Columbia was recorded in Smith River, where it dropped to, one of the coldest readings recorded anywhere in North America.

* Iskut Canyon Cone, a cinder cone of the Iskut-Unuk River Cones group in northwestern British Columbia, Canada

* Machmel River Cone, a cinder cone in the Pacific Ranges section of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada

* Snippaker Creek Cone, a cinder cone of the Iskut-Unuk River Cones group in northwestern British Columbia, Canada

* King Creek Cone, a subglacial mound of the Iskut-Unuk River Cones group in northwestern British Columbia, Canada

Increasingly, hydro-power operations are required to meet standards under the U. S. Endangered Species Act and other agreements to manage operations to minimize impacts on salmon and other fish, and some conservation and fishing groups support removing four dams on the lower Snake River, the largest tributary of the Columbia.

seine fishing | Seining salmon on the Columbia River, 1914

Some of the Columbia and Snake River dams employ fish ladders, which are effective to varying degrees at allowing these fish to travel upstream.

Of the 227 major dams in the Columbia River drainage basin, the four Washington dams on the lower Snake River are often identified for removal, notably in an ongoing lawsuit concerning a Bush administration plan for salmon recovery.

, 1 million US gallons ( 3, 785 m < sup > 3 </ sup >) of highly radioactive waste is traveling through groundwater toward the Columbia River.

Water quality is also an important factor in the survival of other wildlife and plants that grow in the Columbia River drainage basin.

The states, Indian tribes, and federal government are all engaged in efforts to restore and improve the water, land, and air quality of the Columbia River drainage basin and have committed to work together to enhance and accomplish critical ecosystem restoration efforts.

The ecoregion includes the mainstem Columbia north of the Snake River and tributaries such as the Yakima, Okanagan, Pend Oreille, Clark Fork, and Kootenay Rivers.

It includes the mainstem Columbia below the Snake River and tributaries such as the Salmon, John Day, Deschutes, and lower Snake Rivers.

This divide meets the Continental Divide at Snow Dome ( also known as Dome ), near the northernmost bend of the Columbia River.

The Columbia, Colorado, and Mississippi watersheds meet at Three Waters Mountain in the Wind River Range of To the south, in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, the Columbia watershed is divided from the Great Basin, whose several watersheds are endorheic, not emptying into any ocean but rather drying up or sinking into sumps.

The primary landforms in Columbia are rolling hills and stream valleys ; Columbia's road network is laid out to follow the terrain, with many winding streets and cul-de-sacs.

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson issued the following instructions to Meriwether Lewis: " The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by its course & communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado and / or other river may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce.

The largest stream arising solely within the county is Salmon Creek, which terminates at Vancouver Lake before eventually flowing into the Columbia River.

The international terminal addition has several examples of beauty in British Columbia, including a stream in a pathway and fish and jellyfish tanks.

* Silver River ( British Columbia ), a major feeder stream of Harrison Lake, British Columbia

He charged Lewis and Clark to " explore the Missouri River, and such principal stream of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean ; whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river may offer the most direct and practicable communication across the continent for the purposes of commerce ".

* Watts Branch ( Anacostia River ), a tributary stream of the Anacostia River in Maryland and the District of Columbia

With Dylan's commercial profile on the rise, Columbia was now urging Dylan to release a steady stream of recordings.

* Bridge Creek ( British Columbia ), a stream in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada

** Little River ( Vancouver Island ), a stream in the Comox Valley region of British Columbia

The third stream comes south from the Roberts Hall and Columbia Village Suites area to the north.

* Cache Creek ( British Columbia ), a stream in the Thompson Country of British Columbia, Canada

France 24 launched on 6 December 2006, initially available online as a web stream, followed by satellite distribution a day later, covering France and the rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the United States ( specifically airing in New York State and the District of Columbia using two channels: one in English and the other in French.

It was customary for the west Kootenay Indians to winter along the southern Columbia and to ascend the stream every summer, to the lakes where hunting was good.

There are streams of similar name ( Tumwata Creek ) in Washington, but they do not feed the Columbia River, as does the stream in the novel.

Harvard and Columbia to the south, there is evidence of an earlier settlement on both sides of the stream comprising four cabins and a horse corral.

It then flows through a small part of Columbia Township, into Summit township, and then right through the Jackson city limits.

The Columbia River flows along the site for approximately, forming its northern and eastern boundary.

The river flows through that town, skirts Ellensburg, passes the city of Yakima, and continues southeast to Richland, where it flows into the Columbia River at an elevation of.

After the Mississippi, more water flows through the Columbia than any other river in the lower 48 states.

The Susquehanna River flows past the Borough of Columbia into the Chesapeake Bay.

The Sanpoil River flows south to the Columbia

From Grant County, the lower John Day River flows another to its confluence with the Columbia River.

It flows south into Columbia County and then Webster Parish, Louisiana, and empties into Lake Bistineau.

Dorcheat Bayou flows through Columbia County from its origin in Nevada County southward into Webster Parish, Louisiana, before emptying into Lake Bistineau.

The Clackamas River flows by the city, which drains into the Willamette River, thence the Columbia.

The Wenatchee River, just before it flows into the Columbia River | Columbia.

At this juncture the Columbia River is nearly a mile wide ; vehicular traffic flows across the Columbia via the Interstate Bridge on I-5 and the Glenn Jackson Bridge on I-205.

The river flows west across the Washington state line through downtown Spokane, meeting Latah Creek, then turns to the northwest where it is joined by the Little Spokane River on its way to join the Columbia River, north of Davenport.

From this peak, water flows into the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River system ; the Arctic Ocean via the Athabasca River and MacKenzie River systems ; and Hudson Bay via the North Saskatchewan River system.

Associated with this is a remarkable group of geysers and hot springs in Yellowstone National Park from which the Yellowstone River, a branch of the Missouri, flows northeastward, and the Snake River, a branch of the Columbia, flows southwestward.

Saskatchewan Glacier, which is approximately in length and in area, is the major outlet of the Columbia Icefield that flows into Banff.

The decision to construct the additional facility was influenced by growing energy demand, regulated river flows stipulated in the Columbia River Treaty with Canada and competition with the Soviet Union.

Additionally, the Columbia Basalt flows appeared at the same approximate time, causing speculation about their origin.

Olivine nephelinite flows also occur in the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field in east-central British Columbia and at Volcano Mountain in central Yukon Territory.

Volcanic basalt flows from the Columbia River Basalt Group covered large sections of Eastern Oregon 6 to 17 million years ago.