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Columbia River

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028740
info:lc/authorities/sh85028740
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85028740#concept

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River of the West (B.C.-Or. and Wash.)
West, River of the (B.C.-Or. and Wash.)

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Columbia River

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Sources

found: GNIS, Oct. 11, 2007(Columbia River, stream, mouth 46⁰14ʹ39ʺN 124⁰03ʹ29ʺW, source 48⁰57ʹ23ʺN 117⁰41ʹ06ʺW; variant name: River of the West; heads at Columbia Lake, B.C., Canada, and flows NW, then generally S across the International Boundary of the US at Lake Wallula and then generally W to the Pacific Ocean, S of Cape Disappointment, WA; also lists another river with variant name River of the West)

found: Columbia gaz.(Columbia; river; forms part of the Wash.-Or. border before entering the Pacific Ocean)

found: GNISstream; 46°14ʹ39ʺN 124°03ʹ29ʺW

Change Notes

1986-02-11: new

2011-06-07: revised

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