Spokane River
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![Long Lake Dam on the Spokane River, the construction of which wiped out the salmon populations that used to travel upstream](/Images/godic/202502/12/Long_Lake_Dam_11150.JPG")
The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the city of Spokane, Washington.