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Columbia Plateau, the Glossary

The Columbia Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.^[1]

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Landforms of Idaho
Large igneous provinces
Plateaus of the United States
Regions of Oregon
Regions of Washington (state)
Volcanism of Washington (state)

Athena, Oregon

Athena is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

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Biome

A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.

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The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. Columbia Plateau and Cascade Range are regions of Oregon.

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Cascade-Sierra province

The Cascade-Sierra province is a physiographic region of mountains in the western United States, east and adjacent to Pacific Border province and west and adjacent to the Basin and Range Province (in the south) and Columbia Plateau Province (in the north). Columbia Plateau and Cascade-Sierra province are regions of Oregon and regions of Washington (state).

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Channeled Scablands

The Channeled Scablands are a relatively barren and soil-free region of interconnected relict and dry flood channels, coulees and cataracts eroded into Palouse loess and the typically flat-lying basalt flows that remain after cataclysmic floods within the southeastern part of Washington state.

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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Coeur d'Alene (Awl) is a city and the county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States.

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Colfax, Washington

Colfax is a city and the county seat of Whitman County, Washington, United States.

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Columbia Plateau (ecoregion)

The Columbia Plateau ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encompassing approximately of land within the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

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Columbia Plateau Aquifer System

The Columbia Plateau Aquifer system is a series of layered aquifers across ~44,000 mi2 of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: or; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Core–mantle boundary

The core–mantle boundary (CMB) of Earth lies between the planet's silicate mantle and its liquid iron–nickel outer core, at a depth of below Earth's surface.

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Davenport, Washington

Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Lincoln County, Washington, United States.

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Deer Park, Washington

Deer Park is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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Ellensburg, Washington

Ellensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

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Flood basalt

A flood basalt (or plateau basalt) is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that covers large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Geography

Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία; combining 'Earth' and 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.

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Geology

Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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Geyser

A geyser is a spring with an intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam.

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Goldendale, Washington

Goldendale is a city and county seat of Klickitat County, Washington, United States, near the Columbia River Gorge.

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Grand Coulee

Grand Coulee is an ancient river bed in the U.S. state of Washington. Columbia Plateau and Grand Coulee are Columbia River.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Hermiston, Oregon

Hermiston is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

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High Desert (Oregon)

The Oregon High Desert is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon located east of the Cascade Range and south of the Blue Mountains, in the central and eastern parts of the state. Columbia Plateau and High Desert (Oregon) are regions of Oregon.

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Hood River, Oregon

Hood River is a city and the seat of Hood River County, Oregon, United States.

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Hotspot (geology)

In geology, hotspots (or hot spots) are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Idaho

Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Imnaha Basalt

The Imnaha Basalt is a geologic formation in Idaho.

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Interior Plateau

The Interior Plateau comprises a large region of the Interior of British Columbia, and lies between the Cariboo and Monashee Mountains on the east, and the Hazelton Mountains, Coast Mountains and Cascade Range on the west.

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Kennewick, Washington

Kennewick is a city in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Large igneous province

A large igneous province (LIP) is an extremely large accumulation of igneous rocks, including intrusive (sills, dikes) and extrusive (lava flows, tephra deposits), arising when magma travels through the crust towards the surface. Columbia Plateau and large igneous province are large igneous provinces.

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Lewiston, Idaho

Lewiston is a city and the county seat of Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States, in the state's north central region. It is the third-largest city in the northern Idaho region, behind Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene, and the twelfth-largest in the state. Lewiston is the principal city of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Nez Perce County and Asotin County, Washington.

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Lind, Washington

Lind is a town in Adams County, Washington, United States.

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Mantle (geology)

A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.

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Milton-Freewater, Oregon

Milton-Freewater is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Moscow, Idaho

Moscow is a city and the county seat of Latah County, Idaho.

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Moses Lake, Washington

Moses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Othello, Washington

Othello is a city in Adams County, Washington, United States.

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Pasco, Washington

Pasco is a city in, and the county seat of, Franklin County, Washington, United States.

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Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton is a city in and the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.

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Petrified wood

Petrified wood (from Ancient Greek πέτρα meaning 'rock' or 'stone'; literally 'wood turned into stone'), is the name given to a special type of fossilized wood, the fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.

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Pullman, Washington

Pullman is the most populous city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest.

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Reardan, Washington

Reardan is a town in Lincoln County, Washington, United States.

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Richland, Washington

Richland is a city in Benton County, Washington, United States.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America.

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Spokane, Washington

Spokane is the most populous city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.

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Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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The Dalles, Oregon

The Dalles; formally the City of The Dalles and also called Dalles City, is an inland port and the largest city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Upper mantle

The upper mantle of Earth is a very thick layer of rock inside the planet, which begins just beneath the crust (at about under the oceans and about under the continents) and ends at the top of the lower mantle at.

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Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.

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Warden, Washington

Warden is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Yakima, Washington

Yakima is a city in, and the county seat of, Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city.

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is a national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Plateau

Also known as Columbia Basin (Region), Columbia River Plateau, Columbian Plateau.

, Spokane, Washington, Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, The Dalles, Oregon, U.S. state, Upper mantle, Walla Walla, Washington, Warden, Washington, Washington (state), Yakima, Washington, Yellowstone National Park.

Columbia Plateau, the Glossary

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See also

Landforms of Idaho

Large igneous provinces

Plateaus of the United States

Regions of Oregon

Regions of Washington (state)

Volcanism of Washington (state)

References