The Snake River is a river in the northwest of the United States of America. It is 1,670 km long and is the most important tributary of the Columbia River.

The Snake River has its source at the continental Wasserscheide in the Yellowstone national park, flows then into Wyoming to the south by the Grand Teton national park. Behind the Snake River Canyon it bends after the west, flows at the cities Idaho of case and twin of case past, forms in southern Idaho several artificial lakes and crosses the level Snake River Plain. Then it flows further northward and forms a part of the border between Idaho and Oregon. On the height of twin of case the Snake River forms the 70m for deep Shoshone of case, also Niagara's OF the west mentioned.

South of Lewiston the Snake River crosses the Hells Canyon (hell ravine). With up to 2.410 m depth ranks the Hells Canyon among the deepest ravines of the world. To the confluence with the Clearwater River the river in the US Federal State Washington several times for energy production one accumulates and flows finally with Pasco into the Columbia River.

In former times the river was called among other things Lewis River, after the Lewis and Clark expedition had investigated a part of the river in the year 1805. The name Snake possibly comes from a Handzeichen of the Shoshone Indians, which symbolized a swimming salmon.

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