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<br /> <br />S na!(g 2Q.ver <br /> <br /> <br />rrfte 5 na!(g !RJver is the most extensively dammed river in the West. Twenty- <br /> <br />five dams lie between its headwaters in Yellowstone National Park and its confluence with <br />the Columbia River. 1,000 miles downstream. <br />The Snake is one of the major tributaries of the <br />Columbia River. which drains 259,000 mi' of <br />Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Starting <br />with the completion of Grand Coulee Dam. <br />the Columbia has effectively been converted <br />rrom 1,210 miles of rree.flowing river (Bartlet[. <br />1984) to a series of dams and reservoirs. each <br />backing into the next. capable of generating far <br />more electricity than the Northwest was <br />initially able to use. The aluminum industry. <br /> <br />The Snake River in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington <br /> <br />19 <br />