USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Columbia River Drainage
Columbia River Gorge
- Background and Information
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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 ...
- Special Items of Interest
- Points of Interest
- Maps, Graphics, and Images
- Items of Interest
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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
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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
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Beacon Rock, Washington - Menu
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Captain Robert Gray
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Climb A Volcano - Beacon Rock
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Columbia Plateau - Menu
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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
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Columbia River - Description
-- Geographic Setting, and Geologic and Eruptive History
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Columbia River and the Missoula Floods - Map
-- [Map,32K,InlineGIF]
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Columbia River and its Tributaries - Map
-- [Map,34K,InlineGIF]
-- including major volcanoes
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Columbia River and Washington State - Map
-- [Map,18K,InlineGIF]
-- including major volcanoes
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Columbia River Flood Basalts - Map
-- [Map,30K,InlineGIF]
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Geographic Setting
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Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge
-- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Information Brochure
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Geologic Map of Washington State
-- [Map,82K,InlineGIF]
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Geology of Portland, Oregon, and Adjacent Areas
-- Trimble, 1963, USGS Bulletin 1119
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Glacial Lake Missoula - Menu
-- Glaciations and Ice Sheets Menu
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Gray (Captain Robert Gray)
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Missoula Floods - Description
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Missoula Floods and the Columbia River - Map
-- [Map,32K,InlineGIF]
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Oregon Volcanoes and Volcanics - Menu
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Panorama Point County Park, Hood River, Oregon
-- view
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Portland, Oregon - Menu
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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
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Washington State and the Columbia River - Map
-- [Map,18K,InlineGIF]
-- including major volcanoes
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Washington State Hydrology - Menu
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Washington State Volcanoes and Volcanics - Menu
- Useful Links
- Other Menus of Interest
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>
If you have questions or comments please contact:
<GS-CVO-WEB@usgs.gov>
01/06/09, Lyn Topinka