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3 unusual facts about Columbia Basin


Columbia Basin

To the northeast the region borders the basins of the Saskatchewan River (Hudson Bay) and the MacKenzie River (Beaufort Sea), and to the northwest the basin of the Fraser River.

Usage of the term "Columbia Basin" in British Columbia generally refers only to the immediate basins of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers and excludes that of the Okanagan, Kettle and Similkameen Rivers.

Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit

The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit is an isolated population of pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) native only to a single area of Washington state called the Columbia Basin.


Oxbow Regional Park

The two-day event draws up to 10,000 visitors who can see spawning salmon; enjoy music, food, art, storytelling, and a fish maze; and encounter a variety of traditional activities and cultural exhibits at Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum village hosted by the fishing tribes of the Columbia Basin, including the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Yakama, and Warm Springs tribes.

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

The area provides a high quality wildlife habitat in an ecosystems that represents an ecological transition between the dry, sagebrush dotted grasslands of the Columbia Basin up toward the timbered Selkirk and Bitterroot Mountain Ranges that rise up to the east.


see also

Columbia Basin College

Columbia Basin College's mascot is the Hawk, and its teams play in the NWAACC.