Snake River
| Snake River | |
| Lewis River, Shoshone River, Mad River, Saptin River, Yam-pah-pa, Lewis Fork | |
 The Snake River flowin throu the Palouse region aboot 10 mile (16 km) abuin its mooth on the Columbia River
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| Kintra | Unitit States |
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| States | Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington |
| Region | Pacific Northwast |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Hoback River, Salt River, Portneuf River, Bruneau River, Owyhee River, Malheur River |
| Ceeties | Jackson, WY, Idaho Falls, ID, Blackfoot, ID, American Falls, ID, Burley, ID, Twin Falls, ID, Ontario, OR, Lewiston, ID, Tri-Cities, WA |
| Soorce | Rocky Moontains |
| - location | Yellowstone Naitional Park, Wyoming |
| - elevation | 8,927 ft (2,721 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | 44°7′49″N 110°13′10″W / 44.13028°N 110.21944°W [2] |
| Mooth | Columbia River |
| - location | Franklin / Walla Walla coonties, near Burbank, Washington[3] |
| - elevation | 358 ft (109 m) [4] |
| - coordinates | 46°11′10″N 119°1′43″W / 46.18611°N 119.02861°WCoordinates: 46°11′10″N 119°1′43″W / 46.18611°N 119.02861°W [2] |
| Lenth | 1,078 mi (1,735 km) [5] |
| Basin | 107,510 sq mi (278,450 km2) [6] |
| Discharge | for Ice Harbor Dam, Washington, 9 1⁄2 mile (15.3 km) above the mouth |
| - average | 54,830 cu ft/s (1,550 m3/s) [7] |
| - max | 409,000 cu ft/s (11,580 m3/s) [8] |
| - min | 2,700 cu ft/s (80 m3/s) |
 Map of the Snake River watershed
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| Wikimedia Commons: Snake River | |
The Snake River is a major river o the greater Paceefic Northwast in the Unitit States. At 1,078 mile (1,735 km) lang, it is the lairgest tributary o the Columbia River, the lairgest North American river that empties intae the Paceefic Ocean.[9]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Google Earth elevation for GNIS soorce coordinates. Retrieved on Aprile 29, 2007
- ↑ a b "Snake River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ the road atlas. p. 109. 2009. ISBN 0-528-94200-X.
- ↑ Google Earth elevation for GNIS mooth coordinates. Retrieved on Aprile 29, 2007
- ↑ Unitit States Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset heich-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 4, 2011
- ↑ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ↑ "Snake River below Ice Harbor Dam, WA" (PDF). National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1963–2000. Retrieved 20 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Ice Harbor Lock and Dam". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1915–1972. Retrieved 24 Juin 2013.
- ↑ Kammerer, J.C. (Mey 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 Januar 2008.
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