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Salmo River

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- min
  
1.64 m/s (58 cu ft/s)

Basin area
  
1,300 km²

Province
  
British Columbia

Country
  
Canada

Discharge
  
31.8 m³/s

Basin area
  
1,300 km²

Mouth
  
Pend Oreille River

- average
  
31.8 m/s (1,123 cu ft/s)

- max
  
382 m/s (13,490 cu ft/s)

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The Salmo River is a tributary of the Pend d'Oreille River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Salmo River is part of the Columbia River drainage basin, being a tributary of the Pend d'Oreille River, which flows into the Columbia River.

Contents

Map of Salmo River, Central Kootenay G, BC, Canada

The river's drainage basin is 1,300 square kilometres (500 sq mi) in area. Its mean annual discharge is 32.5 cubic metres per second (1,150 cu ft/s).

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Course

The Salmo River originates in the mountains south of Nelson. it flows generally south, passing Salmo, British Columbia, before joining the Pend d'Oreille River just north of the US–Canada border.

References

Salmo River Wikipedia