Columbia River
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river forms in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North America; flows from British Columbia, through Washington, and along the Washington-Oregon border to the Pacific Ocean
- Also known as: “el Colúmbia”, “Oregon River”, “Ouragon”, “riu Colúmbia”, “River of the West”, and “ποταμός Κολούμπια”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cape Disappointment Light and Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment.
Cape Disappointment Light
Lighthouse
Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment
Military installation
United States Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment… Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment is situated 2½ miles north of Columbia River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilwaco and Chinook.
Chinook
Village
Chinook is a census-designated place in Pacific County, Washington, United States. Chinook is situated 6 miles east of Columbia River.
Columbia River
- Categories: river, main stem, and body of water
- Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.24427° or 46° 14′ 39″ north
Longitude
-124.05793° or 124° 3′ 29″ west
Open location code
84RQ6WVR+PR
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Columbia River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Columbiarivier”
- Arabic: “نهر كولومبيا”
- Armenian: “Կոլումբիա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Columbia”
- Bashkir: “Колумбия”
- Basque: “Columbia ibaia”
- Basque: “Columbia”
- Belarusian: “Калумбія”
- Bengali: “কলাম্বিয়া নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “कोलंबिया नदी”
- Breton: “Columbia”
- Bulgarian: “Колумбия”
- Catalan: “Colúmbia”
- Catalan: “Riu Colúmbia”
- Cebuano: “Columbia River”
- Chinese: “哥倫比亞河”
- Chuvash: “Колумби”
- Croatian: “Columbia”
- Czech: “Columbia”
- Danish: “Columbia River”
- Dutch: “Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كولومبيا”
- Esperanto: “Kolumbio”
- Estonian: “Columbia jõgi”
- Fiji Hindi: “Columbia Naddi”
- Finnish: “Columbia”
- French: “Columbia”
- French: “fleuve Columbia”
- Galician: “Río Columbia”
- Georgian: “კოლუმბია”
- German: “Columbia River”
- Greek: “Κολούμπια ποταμός”
- Greek: “Κολούμπια”
- Hebrew: “קולומביה”
- Hindi: “कोलंबिया नदी”
- Hindi: “कोलम्बिया नदी”
- Hungarian: “Columbia”
- Icelandic: “Columbia-fljót”
- Ido: “Fluvio Columbia”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Columbia”
- Irish: “Abhainn Columbia”
- Italian: “Columbia”
- Japanese: “コロンビア川”
- Kabardian: “Колумбиэ псыхъуэ”
- Kazakh: “Колумбия өзені”
- Kirghiz: “Колумбия дарыясы”
- Korean: “컬럼비아강”
- Latin: “Columbia”
- Latvian: “Kolumbija”
- Lithuanian: “Kolumbija”
- Macedonian: “Колумбија”
- Malay: “Sungai Columbia”
- Malayalam: “കൊളംബിയ നദി”
- Malayalam: “കൊളമ്പിയ നദി”
- Marathi: “कोलंबिया नदी”
- Mazanderani: “کلمبیا درکا”
- Mingrelian: “კოლუმბია (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “კოლუმბია”
- Mongolian: “Колумб мөрөн”
- Mongolian: “Колумби мөрөн”
- Northern Frisian: “Columbia River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Columbia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Columbiaelva”
- Norwegian: “Columbia River”
- Nyanja: “Mtsinje wa Columbia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Colómbia (flume)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Colómbia”
- Ossetian: “Колумби (цæугæдон)”
- Ossetian: “Колумби”
- Panjabi: “ਕੋਲੰਬੀਆ ਨਦੀ”
- Persian: “رود کلمبیا”
- Persian: “رودخانه کلمبیا”
- Piemontese: “Columbia”
- Polish: “Kolumbia”
- Portuguese: “Rio Columbia”
- Romanian: “Columbia”
- Romanian: “râul Columbia”
- Russian: “Колумбия”
- Scots: “Columbia River”
- Serbian: “Kolumbija”
- Serbian: “Колумбија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Columbia”
- Sindhi: “ڪولمبيا درياهه”
- Slovak: “Columbia”
- Slovenian: “Kolumbija”
- South Azerbaijani: “کولمبیا چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Columbia”
- Swahili: “Mto Columbia”
- Swedish: “Columbiafloden”
- Tamil: “கொலம்பியா ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโคลัมเบีย”
- Turkish: “Kolumbiya Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Колумбія”
- Urdu: “کولمبیا دریا”
- Uzbek: “Kolumbiya (daryo)”
- Uzbek: “Kolumbiya”
- Venetian: “Columbia”
- Venetian: “Fiume Columbia”
- Vietnamese: “sông Columbia”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Columbia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Columbia”
- Welsh: “Afon Columbia”
- Western Frisian: “Kolumbia”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے کولمبیا”
- Western Panjabi: “کولمبیا دریا”
- Wu Chinese: “哥伦比亚河”
- Yue Chinese: “哥倫比亞河”
- “कोलंबिया नदी”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Clatsop Spit and Fort Canby.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Sand Island Range and Entrance Range.
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