Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river rising in the Cascade Range of west-central Oregon and flowing about 400 km (250 mi) generally north to the Columbia River near The Dalles.
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Examples
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The location along the Deschutes River is a popular place for swimmers during hot weather.
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The skies were calm and clear-blue as riders got underway at 6: 00 p.m. and crowds built as the sun set over the Deschutes River.
Jesse Sergent and Alison Powers win Cascade Cycling Classic prologue 2010
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But we bought your painting Stairway to Heaven,and it now hangs on a wall in our house overlooking the Deschutes River in Oregon.
Red Train revised and Come to the Show! william wray 2007
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The ecoregion then spreads throughout southeastern Oregon, extending along the Deschutes River basin to the Columbia River.
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In just as lovely Bend, Ore., where the sky is blue and dry, the Deschutes River trout jump year round and Mt.
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When the otoliths from 20 steelhead and 38 resident rainbow trout from the Deschutes River, in Oregon, were tested, it was found that all 20 steelhead came from steelhead mothers and all 38 rainbow trout had resident rainbow trout mothers.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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When the otoliths from 20 steelhead and 38 resident rainbow trout from the Deschutes River, in Oregon, were tested, it was found that all 20 steelhead came from steelhead mothers and all 38 rainbow trout had resident rainbow trout mothers.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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When the otoliths from 20 steelhead and 38 resident rainbow trout from the Deschutes River, in Oregon, were tested, it was found that all 20 steelhead came from steelhead mothers and all 38 rainbow trout had resident rainbow trout mothers.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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When the otoliths from 20 steelhead and 38 resident rainbow trout from the Deschutes River, in Oregon, were tested, it was found that all 20 steelhead came from steelhead mothers and all 38 rainbow trout had resident rainbow trout mothers.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The Deschutes River comes in from the south about twenty miles below the
Steep Trails John Muir 1876
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