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Columbia River · river tracker

The Columbia River on live United States flood-network stations, ordered upstream to outlet. The vertical profile follows cached terrain estimates along the mapped course. These are not surveyed river-bed or gauge datum elevations. Stations are spaced by distance along the mapped course.

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Basin sensorsLoadingUSGS gauges and operator dam monitoring sites
Connected tributaries16Mapped river connections with station readings
Dam monitoring sitesLoadingColumbia, Snake, Pend Oreille, Kootenai and Clearwater
Official flood status
No flood classification publishedBasis: United States's network publishes gauge readings for this river but no official flood category, and no seasonal benchmark is stored for these stations yet, so this view will not infer one. The live readings below are the measurement.
Official gauges8 United States
Reporting now0 of 8
Upstream to outlet flowNot published
Newest readingOct 4, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC
Profile axisTerrain estimate named station sequence1,080 km along the mapped course · no published bed elevation

Receives Spokane River, Okanogan River, Methow River, Wenatchee River, Yakima River, Snake River, Walla Walla River, Umatilla River, John Day River, Deschutes River, Klickitat River, Sandy River, Willamette River, Lewis River, Pend Oreille River and Cowlitz River. Junctions outside the gauged reach are named here but not marked on the profile.

Columbia River · river and dam cascadeupstream to outlet · water-band thickness = discharge · spacing = distance along the course
Scroll sideways for the full cascade. Monthly GWh and measured releases are shown at each dam.
099198298397approx. m10009008007006005004003002001000mapped km to last stationSpokane RiverOkanogan RiverMethow RiverWenatchee RiverYakima RiverSnake RiverWalla Walla RiverUmatilla RiverJohn Day RiverDeschutes RiverKlickitat RiverSandy RiverWillamette RiverLewis Riverstalestalestalestalestalestalestalestaleflow reference unavailable · readings are not classified as normalUnited States · 8

Approximate terrain profile: Copernicus DEM GLO-90 via Open-Meteo. Terrain heights are geographic context, not surveyed river-bed levels.

official flood-network gaugewater-band thickness = dischargeno seasonal benchmark

Sequence uses the published network order where available. Newly published stations fall back to geographic ordering until their main-stem position is reviewed. Distances are measured along the mapped river course, not official chainage, because this network does not publish river kilometres.

Terrain profile: Copernicus DEM GLO-90 via Open-Meteo, approximately 90 m resolution. Samples along the mapped course are interpolated for geographic context. They do not establish surveyed bed levels or hydraulic power.

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