Powder River
The Powder River is a tributary of the Snake River, approximately 153 miles long, in northeast Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Columbia Plateau on the eastern side of the Blue Mountains.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Oregon, United States
- Also known as: “Port-pel-lah River” and “riu Powder”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richland.
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Powder River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Baker, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.74349° or 44° 44′ 37″ north
Longitude
-117.04878° or 117° 2′ 56″ west
Elevation
2,064 feet (629 metres)
Open location code
85P4PXV2+9F
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Powder River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Փաուդեր Գետ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Powder”
- Catalan: “Powder River”
- Catalan: “Powder”
- Cebuano: “Powder River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پودير”
- French: “Powder”
- German: “Powder River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Powder”
- Japanese: “パウダー川”
- Mingrelian: “ფაუდერი (ორეგონი)”
- Mingrelian: “ფაუდერი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Powder River”
- Russian: “Паудер”
- Spanish: “Río Powder (Río Snake)”
- Spanish: “Río Powder”
- Venetian: “Powder”
- Welsh: “Afon Powder”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Robinette and Brownlee.
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Highlights: Andrew Spring and Jackson Gulch.
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