Priest Rapids Dam
Priest Rapids Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam; located on the Columbia River, between the Yakima Firing Range and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and bridges Yakima County and Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Desert Aire.
Desert Aire
Village
Desert Aire is a census-designated place in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,288 at the 2020 census up from 1,626 at the 2010 census. Desert Aire is situated 2½ miles north of Priest Rapids Dam.
Priest Rapids Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Grant / Yakima counties, Washington
- Categories: gravity dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Kittitas, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Priest Rapids Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Priest Rapids Dam”
- French: “Barrage de Priest Rapids”
- French: “barrage des rapides de Priest”
- French: “Barrage des rapides de Priest”
- French: “Barrage Priest Rapids”
- German: “Priest Rapids Dam”
- Japanese: “プリースト・ラピッズ・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Priest Rapids-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Priest Rapids-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Priest Rapids”
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