Salmon River

The Salmon River, also known as the "River of No Return", is a river located in the U.S. state of in the . It flows for 425 miles through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Idaho, United States
  • Also known as: Lewis River” and “The River of No Return

Salmon River

Latitude
45.85627° or 45° 51′ 23″ north
Longitude
-116.79348° or 116° 47′ 37″ west
Elevation
906 feet (276 metres)
Open location code
85Q5V644+GJ
Geo­Names ID
5606294
Wiki­data ID
Q601853
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Salmon River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر سالمون
  • Asturian: Ríu Salmon
  • Basque: Salmon ibaia (Idaho)
  • Basque: Salmon ibaia
  • Catalan: Salmon
  • Cebuano: Salmon River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Idaho)
  • Cebuano: Salmon River
  • Chinese: 三文魚河
  • Chinese: 三文鱼河
  • Chinese: 萨蒙河 (爱达荷州)
  • Chinese: 萨蒙河
  • Chinese: 薩蒙河 (愛達荷州)
  • Danish: Salmon River
  • Dutch: Salmon River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر سالمون
  • Finnish: Salmon
  • French: rivière Salmon
  • French: Rivière Salmon
  • German: River of No Return
  • German: Salmon River
  • Irish: Abhainn Salmon
  • Japanese: サーモン川
  • Lithuanian: Lašišų upė
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Salmon
  • Norwegian: Salmon
  • Polish: Salmon
  • Portuguese: Rio Salmon
  • Russian: Салмон (приток Снейка)
  • Russian: Салмон (река)
  • Russian: Салмон-Ривер
  • Russian: Салмон
  • Serbian: Салмон
  • Slovenian: reka Salmon
  • Slovenian: Salmon River
  • Slovenian: Salmon
  • Spanish: Rio Salmon
  • Spanish: Río Salmón
  • Venetian: Salmon
  • Welsh: Afon Salmon

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