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Why This One River Controls The Pacific Northwest

And yet we rarely ever talk about it

The Pacific Northwest is home to booming cities, massive agricultural regions, and huge industrial and technological titans. But absolutely none of it would exist without one single waterway: the Columbia River. It’s a geographic marvel that carved through mountains and drowned ancient civilizations just to power our modern world. And today, this invisi…

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