John Day River
The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 284 miles long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in eastern Oregon, United States
- Also known as: “John Days River” and “Radha River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include John Day Dam.
John Day Dam
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rufus.
Rufus
Village
Rufus is a city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. The population was 268 at the 2020 census. The city was named for an early settler, Rufus Carrol Wallis. Rufus is situated 5 miles southwest of John Day River.
John Day River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Gilliam, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.73263° or 45° 43′ 58″ north
Longitude
-120.64922° or 120° 38′ 57″ west
Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)
Open location code
84QXP9M2+38
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“John Day River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر جون داي”
- Asturian: “Ríu John Day”
- Bulgarian: “Джон Дей (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Джон Дей”
- Catalan: “John Day”
- Cebuano: “John Day River”
- Chinese: “約翰戴伊河”
- Chinese: “約翰迪河”
- Chinese: “约翰日河”
- Chinese: “约翰迪河”
- Danish: “John Day River”
- Dutch: “John Day River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جون داى”
- French: “John Day (rivière)”
- French: “John Day River”
- French: “John Day”
- German: “John Day River”
- German: “Middle Fork John Day River”
- German: “North Fork John Day River”
- German: “South Fork John Day River”
- Hebrew: “נהר ג’ון דיי”
- Irish: “Abhainn John Day”
- Italian: “John Day River”
- Japanese: “ジョン・デイ川”
- Mingrelian: “ჯონ-დეი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “John Day River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “John Day”
- Norwegian: “John Day”
- Persian: “رود جان دی”
- Russian: “Джон-Дей”
- Spanish: “Rio John Day”
- Spanish: “Río John Day”
- Ukrainian: “Джон-Дей”
- Venetian: “John Day”
- Welsh: “Afon John Day”
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Notable Places Nearby
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