Hanford Reach

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The Hanford Reach is the only section of the Columbia River left in the United States unimpeded by dams or tidal estuaries.
The Hanford Reach is the only section of the Columbia River left in the United States unimpeded by dams or tidal estuaries.

The Hanford Reach is a free-flowing section of the Columbia River in Eastern Washington State, named after a large Northward bend in the river's otherwise Southbound course. Much of the Hanford Reach flows through the Hanford Site, a nuclear production facility that started during World War II. It is also the site of the Hanford Reach National Monument.