Salmon River
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 through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Idaho, United States
- Also known as: “Lewis River”, “reka Salmon”, “River of No Return”, “The River of No Return”, “Салмон (приток Снейка)”, “Салмон (река)”, “Салмон-Ривер”, “三文魚河”, and “萨蒙河”
Salmon River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Nez Perce County, Idaho, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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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
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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: “三文鱼河”
- Chinese: “萨蒙河 (爱达荷州)”
- 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: “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”
- Serbian: “Салмон”
- Slovenian: “Salmon”
- Spanish: “Río Salmón”
- Venetian: “Salmon”
- Welsh: “Afon Salmon”
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