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Definition of Klamath River
1. Noun. A river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean.
Group relationships: Ca, Calif., California, Golden State, Beaver State, Or, Oregon
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Klamath River
Literary usage of Klamath River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"On the Klamath River there live three distinct tribes, ... The Toli-u\ihe are
tlie lirst tribe ou the coast north of Klamath River. ..."
2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1877)
"Klamath river, we meet with a number of small, socially incoherent, bands of
natives engaged in salmon or trout fishing on the shores of this stream and of ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1913)
"The extension as thus described took in the original Klamath River Reservation (established
by President Pierce in 1855; Ex. Ord. Ind. Reserv. 1912, p. ..."
4. The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia by John Keast Lord (1866)
"Creep along between high craggy peaks for ten miles to reach the Klamath river,
a wide, rapid stream that I have to cross, but how, ..."
5. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"ern line of Oregon; thence southerly, by ocean shore, to a point one mile south
of the mouth of the Klamath River, forming southwest corner; thence easterly ..."
6. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"According to Mr. Diller, toward the north, approaching the Klamath River, long
narrow belts of schist alternate with narrow belts of sandstone, ..."
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