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Malheur River, the Glossary

The Malheur River (local pronunciation: "MAL-hyure") is a tributary of the Snake River in eastern Oregon in the United States.^[1]

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Tributaries of the Snake River

Agency Valley Dam

Agency Valley Dam (National ID # OR00589) is a dam in Oregon, United States, built on the North Fork Malheur River in the eastern part of the state, immediately north of the small town of Beulah in Malheur County.

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Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)

The Blue Mountains are a mountain range in the northwestern United States, located largely in northeastern Oregon and stretching into extreme southeastern Washington.

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Bully Creek Reservoir

Bully Creek Reservoir is a reservoir in Malheur County of the U.S. state of Oregon.

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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. Malheur River and Columbia River are rivers of Oregon.

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Drewsey, Oregon

Drewsey is an unincorporated community in Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Elliott Cutoff

The Elliott Cutoff was a covered wagon road that branched off the Oregon Trail at the Malheur River where present-day Vale, Oregon, United States is today.

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Fish migration

Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another.

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French Canadians

French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century; Canadiens français,; feminine form: Canadiennes françaises), or Franco-Canadians (Franco-Canadiens), are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in France's colony of Canada beginning in the 17th century.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Fur trade

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Grant County, Oregon

Grant County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Great Basin Desert

The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range.

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Harney Basin

The Harney Basin is an endorheic basin in southeastern Oregon in the United States at the northwestern corner of the Great Basin.

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Harney County, Oregon

Harney County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Harper, Oregon

Harper is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Juntura, Oregon

Juntura is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States on U.S. Route 20.

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List of longest streams of Oregon

Seventy-seven rivers and creeks of at least 50 miles (80 km) in total length are the longest streams of the U.S. state of Oregon. Malheur River and List of longest streams of Oregon are rivers of Oregon.

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List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers

This is a list of the designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States. Malheur River and list of National Wild and Scenic Rivers are wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States.

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List of rivers of Oregon

This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. Malheur River and list of rivers of Oregon are rivers of Oregon.

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Lost Blue Bucket Mine

The Lost Blue Bucket Mine is a lost mine reputed to be located along the Meek Wagon Train trail between the present day cities of Vale and The Dalles in Oregon, United States.

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Malheur County, Oregon

Malheur County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Malheur Lake

Malheur Lake is one of the lakes in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Malheur National Forest

The Malheur National Forest is a National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Meek Cutoff

Meek Cutoff was a horse trail road that branched off the Oregon Trail in northeastern Oregon and was used as an alternate emigrant route to the Willamette Valley in the mid-19th century.

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National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations. Malheur River and National Wild and Scenic Rivers System are wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States.

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North Fork Malheur River

The North Fork Malheur River is a tributary of the Malheur River in eastern Oregon in the United States. Malheur River and North Fork Malheur River are rivers of Oregon and wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States.

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North West Company

The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821.

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Ontario, Oregon

Ontario is the largest city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

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Oregon

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

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Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory.

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Peter Skene Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein, or Skeen; baptised 12 February 1790 – 27 September 1854) was a British-Canadian fur trader and an early explorer of what is now British Columbia and the Western United States.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.

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River mile

A river mile is a measure of distance in miles along a river from its mouth.

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Riverside, Malheur County, Oregon

Riverside is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

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Salmon

Salmon (salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (Salmo) and North Pacific (Oncorhynchus) basins.

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Snake River

The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Malheur River and Snake River are rivers of Oregon and wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States.

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Snake River Plain

gorges, such as this one near Twin Falls, Idaho The Snake River Plain is a geologic feature located primarily within the U.S. state of Idaho.

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South Fork Malheur River

The South Fork Malheur River is a tributary of the Malheur River in a sparsely populated part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Malheur River and South Fork Malheur River are rivers of Oregon.

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Stephen Meek

Stephen Hall L. Meek (July 4, 1807 – January 8, 1889) was a fur trapper and guide in the American west, most notably a guide on a large wagon train that used a trail known as the Meek Cutoff.

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Strawberry Mountain (Oregon)

Strawberry Mountain is the highest peak in the Strawberry Mountains of eastern Oregon in the United States.

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Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area of the Strawberry Mountain Range, within Malheur National Forest in the Blue Mountains of east Oregon.

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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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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Bureau of Reclamation

The Bureau of Reclamation, formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and operation of the diversion, delivery, and storage projects that it has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power generation.

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References

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

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Malheur River, the Glossary

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Tributaries of the Snake River

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