Snake River
The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About 1,080 miles long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: major tributary of the Columbia River in the northwestern United States
- Also known as: “Great Snake River”, “Kimeonim”, “Kimooenim”, “Kooskooskee River”, “Lewis and Clark’s River”, “Lewis Fork”, “Lewis River”, “Louis River”, “Mad River”, “Sahaptin”, “Saptin River”, “Shawpatin”, “Sho-sho-nepah”, “Shoshone River”, “South Fork of Snake River”, “South Fork of the Snake River”, “South Fork Snake River”, and “Yam-pah-pa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Columbia High School.
Columbia High School
School
Columbia High School, located in Burbank, Washington, is a public high school serving 230 students in grades nine through 12. The current principal is Kyle Miller. The student body is 77% White, 20% Hispanic, and 1% each American Indian, Asian, and black.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burbank and Finley.
Burbank
Village
Burbank is a census-designated place in Walla Walla County, Washington, United States, where the Snake River meets the Columbia. The population was 3,291 at the 2010 census.
Finley
Village
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Finley is a census-designated place in Benton County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,152 at the 2020 census. It is located to the southeast of the larger city of Kennewick. Finley is situated 2 miles south of Snake River.
Ainsworth
Neighborhood
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Ainsworth, Washington, was a Franklin County, Washington town located on the northern bank of the mouth of the Snake River, in what is now Pasco, Washington. Ainsworth is situated 2 miles northwest of Snake River.
Snake River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Franklin, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Snake River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Snakerivier”
- Arabic: “نهر الثعبان”
- Armenian: “Սնեյք (գետ)”
- Armenian: “Սնեյք”
- Asturian: “Ríu Snake”
- Basque: “Snake ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Змяіная рака”
- Belarusian: “Рака Снейк”
- Belarusian: “Снейк”
- Bengali: “স্নেক নদী”
- Breton: “Snake River”
- Bulgarian: “Река Снейк”
- Bulgarian: “Снейк Ривър”
- Bulgarian: “Снейк”
- Catalan: “riu Snake”
- Catalan: “Riu Snake”
- Cebuano: “Snake River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Washington, Franklin County)”
- Cebuano: “Snake River”
- Chinese: “斯內克河”
- Chinese: “斯内克河”
- Chinese: “蛇河”
- Chuvash: “Снейк”
- Croatian: “Snake”
- Czech: “Hadí řeka”
- Czech: “Snake River”
- Czech: “Snake”
- Danish: “Snake River”
- Dutch: “Snake (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Snake River”
- Dutch: “Snake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سناك”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Serpento”
- Esperanto: “Serpenta Rivero”
- Esperanto: “Snake”
- Finnish: “Snake River”
- French: “rivière Snake”
- French: “Rivière Snake”
- French: “Snake River”
- French: “Snake”
- Galician: “Río Snake, río Columbia”
- German: “Snake River”
- Greek: “Σνέικ”
- Haitian: “Snake”
- Hebrew: “סנייק”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Ular”
- Irish: “Abhainn Snake”
- Italian: “Snake”
- Japanese: “スネーク川”
- Kazakh: “Sneýk özeni”
- Kazakh: “Жылан өзені”
- Kazakh: “Снейк өзені”
- Kazakh: “Снейк”
- Kazakh: “سنەيك وزەنى”
- Korean: “스네이크 강”
- Korean: “스네이크강”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Snake”
- Kurdish: “Snake River”
- Kurdish: “سناکە رڤەر”
- Latin: “Snake”
- Lithuanian: “Gyvačių upė”
- Lithuanian: “Sneikas”
- Macedonian: “Снејк”
- Malay: “Sungai Ular”
- Mingrelian: “სნეიკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snake River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snake”
- Norwegian: “Snake River”
- Persian: “رود اسنیک”
- Polish: “Snake”
- Portuguese: “Rio Snake”
- Romanian: “Râul Snake”
- Romanian: “Snake River”
- Russian: “Снейк (река)”
- Russian: “Снейк”
- Scots: “Snake River”
- Serbian: “Снејк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Snake”
- Slovak: “Hadia rieka”
- Slovenian: “Kačja reka”
- Slovenian: “Snake River”
- Slovenian: “Snake”
- South Azerbaijani: “اسنیک چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Snake”
- Spanish: “Río Snake”
- Spanish: “Snake”
- Swahili: “Mto Snake”
- Swedish: “Snake River”
- Turkish: “Yılan Irmağı”
- Ukrainian: “Снейк”
- Urdu: “دریائے سنیک”
- Uzbek: “Sneyk”
- Venetian: “Snake”
- Vietnamese: “sông Rắn”
- Vietnamese: “sông Snake”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Snake”
- Welsh: “Afon Snake”
- Western Frisian: “Snake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Two Rivers Park and Sacajawea State Park.
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