Let’s talk science: Columbia River holds strong as 2nd largest river in the U.S., if you measure right

By Brook Beeler, communication manager



I think those of us in the Northwest are pretty darn proud
of our mighty Columbia River. We boast about many of its facts. At its mouth on
the Pacific Ocean the river is known as “the graveyard of the Pacific.” Its scenic
gorge was scoured by the Great Missoula Floods. Famed Lewis and Clark explorers
camped along its banks among the region’s native