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salmon river

salmon river noun: a river frequented by salmon, particularly as young fish, and as adults for spawning. These rivers are also popular for fishing.

Noun

salmon river (plural salmon rivers)

  1. A river frequented by salmon, particularly as young fish, and as adults for spawning. These rivers are also popular for fishing.
    • Scotland has long been renowned for its salmon fishing on some of the most famous salmon rivers in the world.
    • The Tweed is a salmon river, and the Blessing of the Nets ceremony heralds the start of the fishing season.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 296

Proper noun capitalized: Salmon River

Salmon River

  1. A tributary of the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.
  2. A tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia.
  3. A river in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
  4. A small river in Langley district municipality, British Columbia.
  5. A tributary of Shuswap Lake in the Shuswap region, British Columbia.
  6. A river on Moresby Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, British Columbia.
  7. A river in New Brunswick.
  8. A river and unincorporated community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
  9. A small rural community of Digby County, Nova Scotia.
  10. A small community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
  11. A river in Ontario.
  12. Several rivers in Alaska.
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  1. A tributary of the Klamath River, in western Siskiyou County, California.
  2. A tributary of the Connecticut River in Connecticut.
  3. A long tributary of the Snake River in Idaho, at 425 miles the longest river of this name in the United States.
  4. A tributary of Lake Ontario, in upstate New York.
  5. A small tributary of Lake Champlain, in far northern New York, south of Plattsburgh.
  6. A tributary of the Sandy River in Clackamas County, Oregon.
  7. A coastal river mostly in Lincoln County, Oregon.
  8. A tributary of the Queets River in Washington.

Forms of salmon river

pluralsalmon rivers

Origin of salmon river

Many of the rivers are named for the presence of salmon.

Questions about salmon river

What does salmon river mean?
Salmon river means a river frequented by salmon, particularly as young fish, and as adults for spawning. These rivers are also popular for fishing.
What part of speech is salmon river?
Salmon river can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of salmon river?
The plural of salmon river is salmon rivers.

Words near salmon river in the dictionary

  1. salmon ladders
  2. salmon peel
  3. salmon peels
  4. salmon pink
  5. salmon pinks
  6. salmon river
  7. salmon rivers
  8. salmon shark
  9. salmon sharks
  10. salmon trout
  11. salmon trouts

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