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  • The Columbia River system is a unified transportation system with 36 deep and shallow water ports.
  • A 40-foot deep river channel for ocean-going vessels extends 106 miles from the ocean to Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. In 2003, waterborne cargo value totaled $15 billion.
  • 37 percent of all U.S. wheat exports were shipped on the Columbia River in 2003.

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