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Columbia Plateau Trail

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The Columbia Plateau Trail is a, corridor in eastern Washington state maintained as part of the Washington State Park system. [1]

32 relations: Adams County, Washington, Basalt, Benge, Washington, Burlington Northern Railroad, Channeled Scablands, Cheney, Washington, Columbia Plateau, Columbia River, Columbia River Basalt Group, Franklin County, Washington, Giant current ripples, Ice Harbor Dam, Kahlotus, Washington, Lamont, Washington, Lincoln County, Washington, List of Washington state parks, Missoula Floods, Palouse River, Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, Pasco, Washington, Pinus ponderosa, Pleistocene, Shrub-steppe, Snake River, Spokane County, Washington, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Trestle bridge, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Washington (state), Washington State Park System, Washtucna, Washington, Whitman County, Washington.

Adams County, Washington

Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.

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Benge, Washington

Benge is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Washington, in the United States.

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Burlington Northern Railroad

The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads.

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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 through Palouse loess and into typically flat-lying basalt flows by cataclysmic floods within eastern part of the U.S. state of Washington.

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Cheney, Washington

Cheney is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States.

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Columbia Plateau

The Columbia Plateau or Columbia Basin is a geographic region located almost entirely in Eastern Washington and north-central Oregon—with the eastern edge spilling over into North Idaho The area is characterized by its mostly semi-arid climate (Bsk under the Köppen classification)—with some areas falling under the desert (BWk) and mediterranean (Csa and Csb) classifications—resulting in a shrub-steppe environment.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Columbia River Basalt Group

The Columbia River Basalt Group is a large igneous province that lies across parts of the Western United States.

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Franklin County, Washington

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Giant current ripples

Giant current ripples are active channel topographic forms up to 20 m high, which develop within near-talweg areas of the main outflow valleys created by glacial lake outburst floods.

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Ice Harbor Dam

Ice Harbor Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam on the Snake River in Walla Walla and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Kahlotus, Washington

Kahlotus is a city in Franklin County, Washington, United States.

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Lamont, Washington

Lamont is a town in Whitman County, Washington, United States.

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Lincoln County, Washington

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.

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List of Washington state parks

This is a list of state parks and reserves in the U.S. state of Washington which are part of the Washington State Park System.

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Missoula Floods

The Missoula Floods (also known as the Spokane Floods or the Bretz Floods) refer to the cataclysmic floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age.

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Palouse River

The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River in the northwest United States, located in Washington and Idaho.

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Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail

The Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, formerly known as the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, is a rail trail that spans most of the U.S. state of Washington.

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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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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, or western yellow-pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to the western United States and Canada.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Shrub-steppe

Shrub-steppe is a type of low rainfall natural grassland.

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Snake River

The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States.

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Spokane County, Washington

Spokane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway

The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SP&S) was a United States-based railroad incorporated in 1905.

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Trestle bridge

A trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used both as stools and to support tables at banquets.

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Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is located six miles (10 km) south of Cheney, Washington, on the eastern edge of the Columbia Basin in Spokane County in northeastern Washington.

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Washington (state)

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

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Washington State Park System

The Washington State Park System is a set of state parks owned by the state government of Washington, USA.

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Washtucna, Washington

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

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Whitman County, Washington

Whitman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.

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References

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

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