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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river of central Idaho flowing about 685 km (425 mi) north and west to the Snake River. It rises in the Salmon River Mountains, a section of the Rocky Mountains west of the Bitterroot Range.

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  • noun a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

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  • Originally named Louis's River by Wm. Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and colloquially known as "The River of No Return". The Salmon River basin contains most (up to 70 percent) of the remaining salmon and steelhead habitat in the Columbia River Basin. It is purportedly the longest (425 miles) undammed western river in the US. The Salmon River becomes the dividing line for the two time zones in Idaho, Moutain time, and Pacific time.

    December 23, 2010