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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of the northwest United States rising in northwest Wyoming and flowing about 1,670 km (1,040 mi) through southern Idaho, along the Oregon-Idaho and Idaho-Washington borders, and through southeast Washington to the Columbia River. The river has spectacular deep gorges and is used for irrigation and hydroelectric power. In southeast Idaho it forms the southern edge of the Snake River Plain, a large, arid region.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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The origin and evolutionary history of the Yellowstone cutthroat trout is associated with the Columbia River basin side of the Continental Divide—namely, the Snake River system and its former and present connections.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The origin and evolutionary history of the Yellowstone cutthroat trout is associated with the Columbia River basin side of the Continental Divide—namely, the Snake River system and its former and present connections.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The origin and evolutionary history of the Yellowstone cutthroat trout is associated with the Columbia River basin side of the Continental Divide—namely, the Snake River system and its former and present connections.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The origin and evolutionary history of the Yellowstone cutthroat trout is associated with the Columbia River basin side of the Continental Divide—namely, the Snake River system and its former and present connections.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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At a place by the river where the current is bad (there are many such places, and, in fact, the whole of the Snake River is a perfect hoodoo)
A Touch of Sun and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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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 George S. Boutwell 1861
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And, in a Spokane speech, Bush referred to the Snake River as "the river on the Snake."
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"Luckily, the Snake River is our home course, so we've had to practice in this weather before," Williams said.
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By 2006, after a series of amendments, the law protected 165 rivers in thirty-eight states, including the Snake River in Idaho, the Black Butte in California, and the Musconetcong in New Jersey.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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By 2006, after a series of amendments, the law protected 165 rivers in thirty-eight states, including the Snake River in Idaho, the Black Butte in California, and the Musconetcong in New Jersey.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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