Celilo Falls

Submerged waterfall on the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington. Largest waterfall by flow rate in North America until 1957.
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Celilo Falls
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Celilo Falls

Summary

Celilo Falls is a waterfall[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of waterfall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Celilo Falls is located in Oregon[3].
  • Celilo Falls is in the country of United States[4].
  • Celilo Falls's video is recorded as Celilofalls.ogv[5].
  • Celilo Falls's image is recorded as Corps-engineers-archives celilo falls color.jpg[6].
  • Celilo Falls's image is recorded as Celilo Falls on the Columbia River.jpg[7].
  • Celilo Falls's instance of is recorded as fishing area[8].
  • Celilo Falls's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 241899415[9].
  • Celilo Falls's part of is recorded as Columbia River[10].
  • Celilo Falls's Commons category is recorded as Celilo Falls[11].
  • Celilo Falls's end time is recorded as +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Celilo Falls's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1161648[13].
  • Celilo Falls's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.649447222222, 'lon': -120.977925}[14].
  • Celilo Falls's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058khl[15].
  • Celilo Falls's facet of is recorded as Columbia River[16].
  • Celilo Falls's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5718538[17].
  • Celilo Falls's World Waterfall Database ID is recorded as 5475[18].
  • Celilo Falls's drainage basin is recorded as Columbia Basin[19].

Body

Geography

Celilo Falls is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Oregon[3]. Its part of is recorded as Columbia River[10].

Designation and Status

Celilo Falls's instance of is recorded as fishing area[8].

Why It Matters

Celilo Falls ranks in the top 2% of waterfall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Celilo Falls. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/celilo-falls
MLA “Celilo Falls.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/celilo-falls.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_celilo-falls_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Celilo Falls}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/celilo-falls}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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