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Kentucky that the state line is the low-water mark of the Ohio River's north shore as of Kentucky's admission to the Union in 1792. [2] Because both damming and natural changes have rendered the 1792 shore virtually undetectable in many places, the exact boundary was decided in the 1990s in settlements among the states. [3]
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While some British interests, especially the Hudson's Bay Company, fought for a boundary along the Columbia River, the Oregon Treaty of 1846 set the boundary at the 49th parallel. As part of the treaty, the British retained all areas north of the line while the United States acquired the south.
Coast, rivers : NASA SWBD (SRTM Water Body Data) ; Bathymetry : NGDC ETOPO1 edited with Global Mapper 9 (dlgv32pro limited edition), de l'United States Geological Survey (USGS); Boundaries, cities, roads, some rivers : OpenStreetMap ; Locator map from File:BlankMap-World6.svg; Others symbols from File:Maps template-fr.svg
The Columbia Basin. The Columbia River drainage basin is the drainage basin of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.It covers 668,000 km 2 or 258,000 sq mi. [1] In common usage, the term often refers to a smaller area, generally the portion of the drainage basin that lies within eastern Washington.
Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Columbia River upstream. Major dams and reservoir lakes are also noted. Map of the Columbia drainage Basin with the Columbia River highlighted and showing the major tributaries
The Columbia School board finalized phase 2 and 3 attendance area maps, mostly impacting elementary schools. Students at elementary and middle schools in Columbia may attend a different school ...
The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, bordering Manitoba, Ontario, and Lake of the Woods. There are several exclaves between the United States and Canada, including the entire state of Alaska (though the state can still be accessed by sea from the United States, except the small settlement of Hyder, which is only accessible by road from British Columbia).