KOOTENAY RIVER


Meaning of KOOTENAY RIVER in English

River, western North America.

Rising in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Can., it flows south through British Columbia. It continues into Montana and then turns north into Idaho, U.S., and back into British Columbia, where it joins the Columbia River , having traveled a course of 485 mi (780 km).

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