USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington

Columbia River Drainage
Columbia River Gorge

Background and Information
- DESCRIPTION: Columbia River Drainage -- Geographic Setting, and Geologic and Eruptive History -- including Captain Robert Gray ... Columbia Gorge ... Columbia Plateau ... Columbia River ... Columbia River Basin ... May 18 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens ... Multnomah Falls ...
Special Items of Interest
- The Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Information Brochure
Points of Interest
Maps, Graphics, and Images
- Map [18K,InlineGIF]: Washington State and the Columbia River -- including major volcanoes
- Map [34K,InlineGIF]: Columbia River and its Tributaries -- including major volcanoes
- Map [30K,InlineGIF]: Columbia River Flood Basalts
- Map [32K,InlineGIF]: Columbia River and the Missoula Floods
- Maps and Graphics - Columbia Plateau
- Annotated NASA Image [110K,InlineJPG]: Columbia River and the Columbia Basin, Washington/Oregon, September 1994 -- NASA Photo, courtesy "NASA Earth From Space"; Modified with text by USGS/CVO.
Items of Interest
- Annotated NASA Image [106K,InlineJPG]: Looking South at Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, and the Columbia River, Washington, August 1989 -- NASA Photo, courtesy NASA Earth From Space; Modified with text by USGS/CVO
- Annotated NASA Image [110K,InlineJPG]: Columbia River and the Columbia Basin, Washington/Oregon, September 1994 -- NASA Photo, courtesy "NASA Earth From Space"; Modified with text by USGS/CVO
- Beacon Rock, Washington - Menu
- Captain Robert Gray
- Climb A Volcano - Beacon Rock
- Columbia Plateau - Menu
- Columbia River - Annotated NASA Image -- [Image,110K,InlineJPG] -- Columbia River and the Columbia Basin, Washington/Oregon, September 1994, NASA Photo, courtesy "NASA Earth From Space"; Modified with text by USGS/CVO
- Columbia River - Description -- Geographic Setting, and Geologic and Eruptive History
- Columbia River and the Missoula Floods - Map -- [Map,32K,InlineGIF]
- Columbia River and its Tributaries - Map -- [Map,34K,InlineGIF] -- including major volcanoes
- Columbia River and Washington State - Map -- [Map,18K,InlineGIF] -- including major volcanoes
- Columbia River Flood Basalts - Map -- [Map,30K,InlineGIF]
- Geographic Setting
- Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Information Brochure
- Geologic Map of Washington State -- [Map,82K,InlineGIF]
- Geology of Portland, Oregon, and Adjacent Areas -- Trimble, 1963, USGS Bulletin 1119
- Glacial Lake Missoula - Menu -- Glaciations and Ice Sheets Menu
- Gray (Captain Robert Gray)
- Missoula Floods - Description
- Missoula Floods and the Columbia River - Map -- [Map,32K,InlineGIF]
- Multnomah Falls
- Oregon Volcanoes and Volcanics - Menu
- Panorama Point County Park, Hood River, Oregon -- view
- Portland, Oregon - Menu
- Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark -- account of their 1805 and 1806 journey along the Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia Rivers, and the Volcanoes and lava flows they see
- Washington State and the Columbia River - Map -- [Map,18K,InlineGIF] -- including major volcanoes
- Washington State Hydrology - Menu
- Washington State Volcanoes and Volcanics - Menu
Useful Links
- Useful Links - Washington State -- includes Columbia River
- Useful Links - Oregon -- includes Columbia River
Other Menus of Interest
- Oregon Volcanoes and Volcanics Menu -- CVO Menu
- Washington State Volcanoes and Volcanics Menu -- CVO Menu

URL for CVO HomePage is: <http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html>
URL for this page is: <http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Washington/ColumbiaRiver/framework.html>
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05/01/07, Lyn Topinka

Columbia River Drainage Columbia River Gorge

Columbia River Drainage
Columbia River Gorge