Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river rising in southeast British Columbia, Canada, and flowing about 2,000 km (1,240 mi) south then west through the Columbia Plateau and along the Washington-Oregon border to its outlet on the Pacific Ocean.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
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Examples
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For several decades, the Columbia River has been a disposal medium for huge amounts of farming chemicals and toxic dumping by the mining industry.
Robert Alvarez: Endangerment Near a Nuclear Weapons Site Robert Alvarez 2010
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For several decades, the Columbia River has been a disposal medium for huge amounts of farming chemicals and toxic dumping by the mining industry.
Robert Alvarez: Endangerment Near a Nuclear Weapons Site Robert Alvarez 2010
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Portland also is threatened by a major bridge expansion “the current six-lane I-5 bridge to Vancouver will become a 12-lane, $4.2 billion bridge called the Columbia River Crossing CRC” just like the new Port Mann.
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Portland also is threatened by a major bridge expansion “the current six-lane I-5 bridge to Vancouver will become a 12-lane, $4.2 billion bridge called the Columbia River Crossing CRC” just like the new Port Mann.
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Portland also is threatened by a major bridge expansion “the current six-lane I-5 bridge to Vancouver will become a 12-lane, $4.2 billion bridge called the Columbia River Crossing CRC” just like the new Port Mann.
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The Columbia River is the dominant source of modern sediments for the southern Washington Shelf (Nittrouer, 1978 in Baker and Hickey, 1986).
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The Columbia River was to be the common destination of both parties.
Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River 1913
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Our claim to the territory north of the Columbia River was the Spanish title only, and this had been an inchoate right.
Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Pleasant A. Stovall 1896
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A case could be made for a number of teams, but I settled on Columbia River, which is No. 9 this week.
The Seattle Times 2012
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The Columbia River is a very busy wildlife corridor!
Kootenay Rockies - News Webpapers Admin 2010
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