The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 100 mi (161 km) long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. The Columbia River (known as The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the city of Spokane, which shares its name with the river. Heavily used for irrigation and drinking water, its watershed comprises a region of extensive farming and timber production. Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The lowered water levels in the river have resulted in an ongoing pollution crisis and a political struggle over its resolution.
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Description
The Spokane River rises out of Lake Coeur d'Alene in the Idaho Panhandle, draining from the northwest corner of the lake near the city of Coeur d'Alene. The Lake Coeur d'Alene is long ranges from 1 to wide and offers over of shoreline for boaters and vacationers to explore and enjoy Coeur d'Alene (ˌkɔr dəˈlein is the County seat and largest city of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It flows west approximately 25 mi (40 km) into east central Washington to Spokane, where it receives the Hangman River from the south.
From Spokane it flows northwest, receiving the Little Spokane River from the east approximately 10 mi northwest of the city. The Little Spokane River is a tributary of the Spokane River, approximately 35 mi (56 km long in eastern Washington in the United States. It flows in a zigzag course along the southern edge of the Selkirk Mountains, forming the southern boundary of the Spokane Indian Reservation, where it is impounded by the Little Falls Dam, and to form Long Lake, a 15 mi (24 km) reservoir. The Selkirk Mountains are a Mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British The Spokane (or Spokan) are a Native American people in the northeastern portion of the U Little Falls Dam is a Hydroelectric dam across the Mississippi River in the city of Little Falls, Minnesota, United States. It joins Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake on the Columbia from the east at Miles. Franklin D Roosevelt Lake (also called Lake Roosevelt) is the Reservoir created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee The site of historic Fort Spokane is located at the mouth of the river on the Columbia.
Crisis on the river
Much of the river's water, particularly during the summer, comes from underground springs fed by the Spokane-Rathdrum Aquifer. The aquifer provides drinking water for 400,000 people in the Spokane area, as well as extensive irrigation water along its course. The use of the aquifer water is so extensive that Spokane Falls, the signature natural feature of the city of Spokane, runs dry during many summers, with all the water being diverted to the Upper Falls and Lower Falls hydroelectric power plants. Spokane Falls is the name of the water feature on the Spokane River in downtown Spokane Washington. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water The lowered water levels have raised the toxicity of the stream, resulting in low concentrations of dissolved oxygen and algae blooms along much of the river's lower course. Oxygen (from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys (acid literally "sharp" from the taste of acids and -γενής (-genēs (producer literally begetteris the Algae ( sing. alga are a large and diverse group of simple typically Autotrophic organisms ranging from Unicellular to Multicellular forms
In 2002 the Environmental Protection Agency issued a Superfund cleanup plan for the Spokane River-Lake Coeur d'Alene basin. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Superfund is the common name for the United States environmental policy officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act In a controversial move, the Bush administration transferred control of the Idaho portion to the state of Idaho, which opposes the Superfund designation and the cleanup, partly based on its high cost and possible effect on real estate prices. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom
Fish Habitat
The Spokane River supports populations of rainbow trout, northern pikeminnow, and bridgelip suckers (see Catostomidae), as well as several non-native species. The rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of Salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America Squawfish or pikeminnows are Cyprinid Fish of the Genus Ptychocheilus consisting of four species native to western Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. It supported several species of salmon until the construction of Long Lake Dam in 1915 by Washington Water Power blocked upstream passage. Salmon is the common name for several species of Fish of the family Salmonidae. [1]
See also
References
- ^ John Fahey, "Power Plays: The Enigma of Little Falls," Pacific Northwest Quarterly 82, no. This is a list of rivers in the US state of Idaho. By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries This is a list of rivers in the US state of Washington. By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries The Spokane River Centennial Trail is a paved trail in Washington and Idaho for alternate transportation and recreational use For other uses of this place name see Harker Canyon. Harker Canyon is formed by a Tributary of the Spokane River, where 4 (October 1991), 122-131.
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