salmon river

plural salmon rivers

1. A river frequented by salmon, particularly as young fish, and as adults for spawning. These rivers are also popular for fishing.

   Scotland has long been renowned for its salmon fishing on some of the most famous salmon rivers in the world.

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   The Tweed is a salmon river, and the Blessing of the Nets ceremony heralds the start of the fishing season.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 296

1. A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
   1. A tributary of the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.
   2. A tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia.
   3. A river in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
   4. A small river in Langley district municipality, British Columbia.
   5. A tributary of Shuswap Lake in the Shuswap region, British Columbia.
   6. A river on Moresby Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, British Columbia.
   7. A river in New Brunswick.
   8. A river and unincorporated community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
   9. A small rural community of Digby County, Nova Scotia.
   10. A small community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
   11. A river in Ontario.
2. A number of rivers in the United States:
   1. Several rivers in Alaska.
   2. A tributary of the Klamath River, in western Siskiyou County, California.
   3. A tributary of the Connecticut River in Connecticut.
   4. A long tributary of the Snake River in Idaho, at 425 miles the longest river of this name in the United States.
   5. A tributary of Lake Ontario, in upstate New York.
   6. A small tributary of Lake Champlain, in far northern New York, south of Plattsburgh.
   7. A tributary of the Sandy River in Clackamas County, Oregon.
   8. A coastal river mostly in Lincoln County, Oregon.
   9. A tributary of the Queets River in Washington.