The Columbia Plateau is an important geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It is a...
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The Columbia Plateau ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encompassing approximately...
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and erosion by water and glaciers. Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanic activity. The Columbia Plateau in the north-western United States is an example...
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peoples of the Northwest Plateau, also referred to by the phrase Indigenous peoples of the Plateau, and historically called the Plateau Indians (though comprising...
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Geology of the United States (section Columbia Plateau)
geological provinces in the United States: Pacific, Columbia Plateau, Basin and Range, Colorado Plateau, Rocky Mountains, Laurentian Upland, Interior Plains...
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Ice Harbor Dam Fish Lake The Columbia Plateau State Park Trail is a 130-mile-long (210 km), 20-foot-wide (6.1 m) corridor in eastern Washington state maintained...
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provinces: the Columbia Plateau in the north, the Basin and Range Province in the central and southwestern portions, and the Colorado Plateau in the southeast...
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British Columbia between the Coast Mountains and the Columbia Mountains and the Canadian Rockies, and south of the Interior Mountains The Columbia Plateau, Washington...
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Columbia Basin may refer to: Columbia Plateau, the geographic region in the Pacific Northwest commonly referred to as the Columbia Basin Columbia Plateau...
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clothing company Columbia may also refer to: Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest Columbia River, in Canada...
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the Colorado Plateau, and the Rocky Mountains. In the United States, another major feature of the Cordillera is the Columbia Plateau, located north...
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January 19, 2021. The Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark (Columbia Plateau - Columbia River Basin - Columbia River Flood Basalts - Summary) (Report). US Geological...
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seasonal lakes. The plateau is thought to have been formed approximately 25 million years ago as a southern extension of the Columbia Plateau flood basalts...
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Intermontane Plateaus – also divided into the Columbia Plateau, the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Province, it is a system of plateaus, basins,...
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The Interior Plateau comprises a large region of the Interior of British Columbia, and lies between the Cariboo and Monashee Mountains on the east, and...
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Range and Klamath Mountains; and in Central and Eastern Oregon: the Columbia Plateau, the High Desert, and the Blue Mountains. Oregon lies in two time zones...
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Sahaptian languages (category Plateau Penutian languages)
Shahaptian) is a two-language branch of the Plateau Penutian family spoken by Native American peoples in the Columbia Plateau region of Washington, Oregon, and...
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Other cold deserts lie within the Columbia Plateau/Columbia Basin, the Snake River Plain, and the Colorado Plateau regions. (listed from north to south)...
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The Columbia Plateau Aquifer system is a series of layered aquifers across ~44,000 mi2 of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The aquifer system is on the Columbia...
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Cascade Range (category Mountain ranges of British Columbia)
the late Miocene, the Columbia River drained the relatively low Columbia Plateau. As the range grew, erosion from the Columbia River was able to keep...
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3133/pp140A. Chaney, R.; Axelrod, D. (1959). Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations, by Ralph W. Chaney and Daniel...
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the route of the gentlest gradient from the Spokane Valley to the Columbia Plateau, which was the reason for much of its early growth and railroad activity...
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route through the Cascades and the only water connection between the Columbia Plateau and the Pacific Ocean. It is thus that the routes of Interstate 84...
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Cascadia[citation needed] Central United States Coastal states Colorado Plateau Columbia Basin Contiguous United States The Dakotas Deep South Deseret Delmarva...
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Pacific Northwest (redirect from Northwest Plateau)
the Pacific Northwest, and the Northwest Plateau (also commonly known as "the Interior" in British Columbia), is the inland region. The term "Pacific...
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3133/pp398B. Chaney, R.; Axelrod, D. (1959). Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations, by Ralph W. Chaney and Daniel...
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Geology of the Pacific Northwest (category Geology of British Columbia)
least five geologic provinces in the area: the Cascade Volcanoes, the Columbia Plateau, the North Cascades, the Coast Mountains, and the Insular Mountains...
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The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern...
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area, the forests of the Cascade Range, and the high plains of the Columbia Plateau. The crossing at Snoqualmie Pass was established as a wagon road in...
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volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava plateaus and pyroclastic plateaus. Lava plateaus are formed...
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