The largest tributary of the Columbia River, flowing in a broad arc through Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington and carving Hells Canyon, one of the deepest river gorges in North America. It was a key route for nineteenth-century westward migration along the Oregon Trail.
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Source Snake River (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Snake River
Wikidata Q272074, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Snake River (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Flooding, LeadQuote, Shaped By: Flooding, Lead
The river was further altered by catastrophic flooding in the most recent Ice Age, which created such features as the Snake River Canyon and Shoshone Falls.
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