Below you will find example sentences with "columbia river". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Columbia River in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: river
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 30.4 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "columbia river" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as deepen the columbia river gorge a, down the columbia river, snake, fort and lower stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with british columbia, fall river, cross river, snake river, mississippi river and peace river, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with columbia river
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Not only the Columbia River but Idaho’s main homegrown flowing water body – the Snake River. (16 words)
The largest tributary of the Columbia River, the Snake River watershed makes up about 41% of the entire Columbia River Basin. (21 words)
On the Columbia River the Chief Joseph Dam completed in 1955 completely blocks salmon migration to the upper Columbia River system. (21 words)
The Lake Bonneville Floods and the Missoula Floods helped widen and deepen the Columbia River Gorge, a giant water gap which allows water from the Columbia and Snake rivers to take a direct route through the Cascade Range to the Pacific. (41 words)
The rest of the Snake River watershed borders on several other major Columbia River tributaries - mostly the Spokane River to the north, but also Clark Fork in Montana to the northeast and the John Day River to the west. (39 words)
Anyone in southwest Washington that enjoys recreating on the Columbia, be they fishermen or recreational boaters, has a responsibility to take all necessary steps to help keep the Columbia River free of dangerous invasive species, such as quagga mussels. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The interior south of the Thompson River watershed and north of the Columbia was organized into the Columbia District, administered from Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River.
The largest tributary of the Columbia River, the Snake River watershed makes up about 41% of the entire Columbia River Basin.
The rest of the Snake River watershed borders on several other major Columbia River tributaries - mostly the Spokane River to the north, but also Clark Fork in Montana to the northeast and the John Day River to the west.
The Columbia River Treaty was signed by Canada and the US in 1964 as a means to set guidelines for hydro-electricity generation and flood control for communities near the Columbia River in both countries.
Chief Joseph Dam has no fish ladders and completely blocks fish migration to the upper half of the Columbia River system. citation Irrigation Prominent dams of the Columbia River Basin.
Of these, the Clark Fork (via the Pend Oreille River ) and the Spokane join the Columbia above the Snake, while the John Day joins downstream of the Snake, in the Columbia River Gorge.
On the Columbia River the Chief Joseph Dam completed in 1955 completely blocks salmon migration to the upper Columbia River system.
The HBC established Fort Colville citation in 1825 on the Columbia River near Kettle Falls as a good site to collect furs and control the upper Columbia River fur trade.
On the return trip in 1806 they traveled from the Columbia River to the Snake River and the Clearwater River over Lolo pass again.
Anyone in southwest Washington that enjoys recreating on the Columbia, be they fishermen or recreational boaters, has a responsibility to take all necessary steps to help keep the Columbia River free of dangerous invasive species, such as quagga mussels.
Wind advisories are in effect for the eastern Columbia River Gorge, the Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon with gusts of 45-50 mph.
Arriving at the Columbia at The Dalles and stopped by the Cascade Mountains and Mount Hood, some gave up their wagons or disassembled them and put them on boats or rafts for a trip down the Columbia River.
Columbia travels After the general meeting in 1806, Thompson travelled to Rocky Mountain House and prepared for an expedition to follow the Columbia River to the Pacific.
The HBC built a new much larger Fort Vancouver in 1824 slightly upstream of Fort Astoria on the north side of the Columbia River (they were hoping the Columbia would be the future Canada–U.
The Lake Bonneville Floods and the Missoula Floods helped widen and deepen the Columbia River Gorge, a giant water gap which allows water from the Columbia and Snake rivers to take a direct route through the Cascade Range to the Pacific.
Nestled in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, the Columbia River, once hailed as the greatest salmon-producing river in the world, hasn’t seen a significant spawn in its upper portion for 85 years.
Last month, federal agencies delivered their final environmental impact statement, which was supposed to transparently evaluate the Lower Snake River dams’ impacts on Columbia River salmon.
In 1983, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the flushing channel, with two 7-foot culverts under Lower River Road that allow Columbia River water to enter Vancouver Lake.
Not only the Columbia River but Idaho’s main homegrown flowing water body – the Snake River.
Starting in Portland, OR and ending (for us), in Pasco, WA, this drive follows the Columbia River, and the sweeping views, colorful bluffs, and river views make it one of the prettiest in the country.