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The waters of Snake River rush through Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon
in the United States. Shoshone Falls plunges down rugged cliffs from a
height greater than that of Niagara Falls. The major rivers in Idaho are
the Snake River, the Clark Fork / Pend Oreille River, the Clearwater
River and the Salmon River. Other significant rivers include the Coeur
d'Alene/Spokane River, the Boise River and the Payette River. The Port
of Lewiston, at the confluence of the Clearwater and the Snake Rivers is
the farthest inland seaport in the Pacific Northwest. Idaho's highest point is Borah Peak, 12,662 ft (3,859 m), in the Lost River Range north of Mackay. Idaho's lowest point, 745 ft (227 m), is in Lewiston, where the Clearwater River joins the Snake River and continues into Washington. Southern Idaho, including the Boise metropolitan area, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and Twin Falls are in the Mountain Time Zone. (A legislative oddity (15 U.S.C. ch.6 § 264) theoretically places this region in the Pacific Time Zone, but this error is not widely known and is universally ignored.) Areas north of the Salmon River, including Coeur d'Alene, Moscow, Lewiston, and Sandpoint are in the Pacific Time Zone and revolve commercially and culturally around Spokane, Washington |
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