Landforms of Benton County, Oregon: Willamette River, Willamette Valley, Course of the Willamette River, Steamboats of the Willamette River

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Willamette River, Willamette Valley, Course of the Willamette River, Steamboats of the Willamette River, Central Oregon Coast Range, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Willamette National Forest, Oswego Lake, Alsea River, Marys River, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Christmas flood of 1964, Willamette Falls, Oaks Amusement Park, Willamette Falls Locks, North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River, Ross Island, Willamette Valley Flood of 1996, Lake Allison, Multnomah Channel, Eastbank Esplanade, Marys Peak, Ash Island, Elk Rock Island, Kiger Island, Willamette Greenway, Luckiamute River, Wiley's Seaplane Port, Shelton Ditch, Cardwell Hills, Yaquina River, Willamette Floodplain, Tumtum River. Excerpt: Willamette River - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Willamette River The upper tributaries of the Willamette originate in the mountains south and southeast of Eugene and Springfield. Formed by the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and the Coast Fork Willamette River near Springfield, the main stem meanders generally north for 187 miles (301 km) to the Columbia. The river's two most significant course deviations occur at Newberg, where it turns sharply east, and about 18 miles (29 km) downriver from Newberg, where it turns north again. Near its mouth north of downtown Portland, the river splits into two channels that flow around Sauvie Island. The main channel enters the Columbia about 101 miles (163 km) from the Columbia's mouth on the Pacific Ocean. The smaller Multnomah Channel, a distributary, enters the Columbia about 14.5 miles (23.3 km) further downstream near St. Helens in Columbia County. Major highways that follow the river for its...