The largest river by discharge flowing into the Pacific from North America, rising in the Canadian Rockies and flowing roughly 2,000 kilometers through British Columbia and the northwestern United States to the ocean. Its extensively dammed course generates a substantial share of the region's hydroelectric power.
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The Columbia drains an area of about 258,000 mi2 (670,000 km2). Its drainage basin covers nearly all of Idaho, large portions of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington, all of Montana west of the Continental Divide, and small portions of Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada; the total area is similar to the size of France.
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46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W / 46.24417°N 124.05806°W
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46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W / 46.24417°N 124.05806°W
Shaped By: Glaciation, Formation statement for target 23655
The trench is a broad, deep, and long glacial valley between the Canadian Rockies and the Columbia Mountains in BC.
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