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Map of the Salmon River drainage basin with tributaries. The Salmon River, also known as the "River of No Return", is a river located in the U.S. state of Idaho in the western United States. It flows for 425 miles (685 km) through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles (36,000 km 2).
The Saint Joe River (sometimes abbreviated St. Joe River) is a 140-mile (225 km) long [3] tributary of Coeur d'Alene Lake in northern Idaho.Beginning at an elevation of 6,487 feet (1,977 m) [2] in the Northern Bitterroot Range of eastern Shoshone County, it flows generally west through the Saint Joe River Valley and the communities of Avery and Calder.
Lake Cascade (formerly Cascade Reservoir), [1] is a reservoir in the western United States, on the North Fork of the Payette River in Valley County, Idaho.Located in the Boise National Forest, it has a surface area of 47 square miles (122 km 2), and is the fourth largest lake or reservoir in the state.
Salmon Falls Dam is a dam constructed across Salmon Falls Creek in Twin Falls County, Idaho, in the United States.Located about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Twin Falls, the masonry arch-gravity dam is 217 feet (66 m) high and 450 feet (140 m) long, impounding up to 230,650 acre-feet (0.28450 km 3) of water in Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir. [1]
The river is formed by the confluence of the American River and Red River in the Nez Perce National Forest at an elevation of 3,901 ft (1,189 m). The roughly 20-mile (32 km) American River rises at 5,200 ft (1,600 m) and flows generally south to the confluence, while the northwest flowing Red River, rising at 6,100 ft (1,900 m), is about 25 mi (40 km) long.
Depending on the discharge rate, the level of difficulty can rise in places to Class VI (the limits of navigation) on the International Scale of River Difficulty. [22] The ratings in the "Floating Guide" reflect the difficulty of the Lochsa's rapids when the water levels at the bridge at Lowell are between 5 feet (1.5 m) and 8 feet (2.4 m). [22]
The most recent low counts came in 2018, when Idaho Fish and Game estimated there were between 2 million and 4 million of them. The population has since rebounded.
Salmon levels continue to remain high in the area [citation needed], and it is a popular destination for water-skiing, tubing, and swimming for locals. All of the real bodies of water in the film Dante's Peak were either the Coeur d'Alene River or one of its tributaries, as Wallace, Idaho, where the movie was filmed, is in the Silver Valley.