Places North America Natural features. Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest; Columbia River, in Canada and the United States . Columbia Bar, a sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River; Columbia Country, the region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches . Columbia Valley, a region …

Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau, also referred to by the phrase Indigenous peoples of the Plateau, and historically called the Plateau Indians (though comprising many groups) are indigenous peoples of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, and the non-coastal regions of the Northwestern United States.. Their territories are located in the inland portions of the basins of …

Washington commonly refers to: . Washington (state), United States Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States Federal government of the United States (metonym); Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C.; George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States; Washington may also refer to:

Places. Western, Nebraska, a village in the US; Western, New York, a town in the US; Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Western world, countries that identify with shared "Western" culture; Arts and entertainment Films. Western, a French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier; Western, a German-Austrian film

Kamloops (/ ˈ k æ m l uː p s / KAM-loops) is a small city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and east of Kamloops Lake.It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, whose district offices are based here.The surrounding region is more commonly referred to as the Thompson Country. ...

Development. A heat dome gripped the province of British Columbia, and much of Western North America, from June 25–30, 2021, increasing the risk of wildfires.. On June 30, the town of Lytton was evacuated due to a fire that destroyed most buildings and grew to over 300 mi 2 and sent people fleeing for their lives. By July 1, 2021, almost 500 wildfires were burning across British …

Europe. In the French alps, all the glaciers there are retreating. On Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, the Argentière Glacier has receded 1,150 m (3,770 ft) since 1870. The glacier has retreated 2,300 m (7,500 ft) since the end of the Little Ice Age. The Argentière and Mer de Glace glaciers are expected to disappear completely by end of the 21st century if current climate …

British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific Ocean.With an area of 944,735 km 2 (364,764 sq mi) it is Canada's third-largest province.The province is almost four times the size of the United Kingdom and larger than every United States state except Alaska and Texas. It is bounded on the northwest by the U.S. state of Alaska, directly north by Yukon …

David Thompson (30 April 1770 – 10 February 1857) was a British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, known to some native people as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer".Over Thompson's career, he traveled 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi) across North America, mapping 4.9 million square kilometres (1.9 million square miles) of North America along the way.

Averaging a major dam every 72 miles (116 km), the rivers in the Columbia watershed combine to generate over 36,000 megawatts of power, with the majority coming on the main stem. Grand Coulee Dam is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States, [1] generating 6,809 megawatts, over one-sixth of all power in the basin.