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The 1948 Columbia River flood (or Vanport Flood) was a regional flood that occurred in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Large portions of the Columbia River watershed were impacted, including the Portland area, Eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, Idaho Panhandle, northwestern Montana, and southeastern British Columbia.
The general outline of the Columbia Basin was not complete until between 60 and 40 million years ago, but it lay under a large inland sea later subject to uplift. [31] Between 50 and 20 million years ago, from the Eocene through the Miocene eras, tremendous volcanic eruptions frequently modified much of the landscape traversed by the Columbia. [32]
The weather pattern changed a few weeks later, producing significant snowfall in lowland areas. Moscow, Idaho recorded 42 inches (110 cm) of snow in ten days during the second half of January. [5] Prolonged cold settled in following the heavy snow, causing the ground to freeze throughout much of the Columbia Basin and surrounding valleys.
Apr. 15—MOSES LAKE — The good news is the likelihood of snow in Tuesday's forecast isn't all that likely in the Columbia Basin. The bad news is that the warm, tantalizing, sunny, summerlike ...
Weather. Basin weather for Feb. 12, 2024. Tribune. Staff Report, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. February 12, 2024 at 3:51 PM. Feb. 12—Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West ...
John Day Dam is located 28 miles (45 km) east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, and just below the mouth of the John Day River. The closest town on the Washington side is Goldendale, 20 miles (32 km) north. The closest town on the Oregon side is Rufus. The dam's crest elevation is approximately 570 feet (170 m) above sea level.
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range , forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south. [ 1 ]