Columbia River: water levels along the river

3 gauges report along the Columbia River. 1 of them reads below normal for the date, and none is running high.

The gauges are in British Columbia. Reading the gauges in order shows how a rise or a dry spell travels downstream, usually over a day or more on a big river. Fall is often a low point for rivers after the summer, until steady rain returns.

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3 gauges

Columbia River: water levels along the river
Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Updated
Columbia River at DonaldRiver gauge, Columbia River	1.03 m	Low	−0.02 m	54 min ago
Columbia River at NicholsonRiver gauge, Columbia River	0.59 m	Normal	−0.02 m	1 hour ago
Columbia River at BirchbankRiver gauge, Columbia River	3.23 m	Normal	±0	49 min ago

Gauges are listed from upstream to downstream where the agency publishes river kilometres.

About the Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river forms in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The river is 1,243 miles long, and its largest tributary is the Snake River. Its drainage basin is roughly the size of France and extends into seven states of the United States and one Canadian province. The fourth-largest river in the United States by flow, the Columbia has the greatest flow of any river into the eastern Pacific.