Columbia River Gorge
The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south.
Photo: Hux, Public domain.- Type: Economic region with 1,410,000 residents
- Description: canyon along the border of Oregon and Washington in the United States
- Also known as: “Defileul fluviului columbia”, “Garganta del rio Columbia”, “gorges du columbia”, “Hẻm núi Sông Columbia”, and “ويكيبيديا:مسابقة مؤسسة الملك عبد العزيز ورجاله للموهبة والإبداع/مقالات/حلق نهر كولومبيا”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stevenson and Cascade Locks.
Cascade Locks
Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States.Columbia River Gorge
- Category: canyon
- Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.7047° or 45° 42′ 17″ north
Longitude
-121.7917° or 121° 47′ 30″ west
Population
1,410,000
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
84QWP635+V8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Columbia River Gorge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حلق نهر كولومبيا”
- Azerbaijani: “Kolumbiya çay dərəsi”
- Chinese: “哥伦比亚河峡谷”
- Dutch: “Columbia River Gorge”
- French: “gorge du Columbia”
- French: “Gorge du Columbia”
- German: “Columbia River Gorge”
- Hebrew: “קניון הנהר קולומביה”
- Italian: “gola del Columbia”
- Italian: “Gola del Columbia”
- Japanese: “コロンビア川峡谷”
- Japanese: “コロンビア川渓谷”
- Lithuanian: “Kolumbijos upės tarpeklis”
- Romanian: “Defileul Fluviului Columbia”
- Russian: “Каньон реки Колумбия”
- Slovenian: “soteska reke Columbia”
- Spanish: “Garganta del río Columbia”
- Ukrainian: “Каньйон річки Колумбія”
- Vietnamese: “Hẻm núi sông Columbia”
- Welsh: “Afon Columbia Gorge”
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