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The Columbia River Plateau, sometimes called the Columbia River Basin, is a broad plateau in Washington State where the Columbia River rolls its way between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountain foothills. Extensive infrastructure projects along the river have transformed this semi-arid sagebrush steppe into a literal powerhouse of energy and agriculture.
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A 20,000-seat outdoor concert venue, just off I-90, in the charmingly-named tiny town of "George, Washington". Beautiful sunsets.
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Amtrak's Empire Builder stops in Pasco (on the Portland branch) and Ephrata (on the Seattle branch).
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site of the Chief Joseph Dam
county seat of Lincoln County
across the Columbia from Wenatchee
county seat of Grant County
on the south end of Banks Lake, near Dry Falls
home of the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydroelectric power producer in the country
largest city in this subregion
a potato hub
county seat of Adams County
a small town known for its healing mineral waters
county seat of Douglas County
the largest of the Tri-Cities
county seat of Franklin County
near the Hanford Site and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
county seat of Klickitat County
the heart of Washington wine country, county seat of Walla Walla County
county seat of Yakima County
a town decorated with dinosaurs
a gorge lined with climbable basalt columns
during the last ice age, Dry Falls occasionally carried more water by volume than all the rivers of the world combined
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