Klickitat River
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The Klickitat River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 75 mi (120 km), in south-central Washington in the United States. The river was designated as Wild and Scenic in 1986. It drains a rugged plateau area on the eastern side of the Cascade Range northeast of Portland, Oregon.
It rises in the high Cascades near Tieton Peak, in northwestern Yakima County, in a remote corner of the Yakama Indian Reservation. It flows southeast, then generally south across the Lincoln Plateau. It enters northern Klickitat County, and meanders south through steep canyons. It enters the Columbia from the north at Lyle, approximately 10 mi (16 km) NNW of The Dalles, Oregon. Washington State Highway 142 follows the lower 15 mi (24 km) of the river. The river is bridged by Washington State Highway 14 at its mouth.
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The Klickitat Trail follows the river on an abandoned railroad grade from near Goldendale, Washington to the Columbia River just west of The Dalles, Oregon, nearly 30 miles.
