Willamette River Fishing Spot

  • Elevation: 36'
  • Last Modified By: overstdr on 02/13/08 07:58 AM
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Willamette River Description

The Willamette River (pronounced w??læm?t (help·info)) is a tributary of the Columbia River. The name derives from a similar Clackamas Indian village name.[1] The river is 187 miles (301 km) long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States.[3] Flowing northward between the Oregon Coast Range and Cascade Range, the river and its tributaries form a basin called the Willamette Valley containing 70 percent of Oregon's population,[6] including its largest city Portland, which sits along both sides of the river near its mouth on the Columbia. Its lush valley is fed by prolific rainfall on the western side of the Cascades, forming one of the most fertile agricultural regions of North America that was the destination for many if not most of the immigrants along the Oregon Trail. The river was an important transportation route throughout much of the early history of the state, furnishing a means of conveying the vast timber and agricultural resources of the state to the outside world.

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