Dams
States
Numbers
Facts #1
Facts #2
100
This is built into a dam to allow for fish to pass through.

Fish Ladder

100

This state is home to the Willamette River.

Oregon

100

This river is 309 miles long.

Willamette River

100

Name the reservior created by the Grand Coulee Dam.

Lake Roosevelt

100

This is what the fish said when he ran into the concrete wall of Grand Coulee Dam.

Dam...because there was no fish ladder!!!!!

200

Dams were built to create this kind of power. 

Hydroelectric

200

This state borders both Oregon and Washington to the east.

Idaho

200

This river flows through Idaho.

Snake River

200

There are this many major dams on the Columbia River.

14

200

The Columbia River begins in this Canadian Province.

British Columbia

300

Some dams on the Columbia River allow small ships or barges to pass through using these.

locks

300

This state is the birthplace of Mrs. Swanson.

Oregon

300

This river is 1,243 miles long.

Columbia River

300

These explorers explored the Columbia River in the 1800s.

Lewis and Clark

300

The Columbia River was named after this explorer's boat.

Robert Gray

400

This dam is the largest hydro power station in the US.

Grand Coulee Dam

400

The Columbia River travels through all of this state.

Washington

400

This is the smallest mountain peak in the PNW states.

Mt. Hood

400

This river joins the Columbia River at Pasco, Washington.

Snake River

400

This is the most famous lake in Oregon.

Crater Lake

500

This dam has the highest lift of any U.S. lock.  

John Day Dam

500

The PNW states cover approximately this many square miles.

250,000 (253,263)

500

This is the exact height of Mt. Rainier.

14,411 feet

500

The mouth of the Columbia River, where it enters the Pacific Ocean, is called this.

Graveyard of the Pacific

500

This is the largest lake in Idaho.

Lake Pend Oreille

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