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]