RIVER BASIN · CLMB

Columbia

North America · shared by 2 countries

654,304km² of basin
2riparian countries
13treaties on record
6Mpeople in basin

The basin

Columbia basin (blue) over its riparian countries · real geometry, TFDD & Natural Earth

Shared by

CanadaUnited States of America

13 treaties in the record

1909Treaty Between Great Britain and the United States relating to boundary waters and boundary questions
Navigation, Water Quantity
1944Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States of America and Canada relating to a study to be made by the International Joint Commission
Hydropower, Domestic/Municipal Water, Navigation, Agriculture, Flood Management
1961Treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin (with annexes)
Hydropower, nfrastructure, Flood Management
1964Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between Canada and the United States of America concerning the treaty relating to cooperative development of the wat
Flood Management
1964Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between Canada and the United States of America regarding sale of Canada’s entitlement to downstream benefits under
Hydropower
1964Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between Canada and the United States of America authorizing the Canadian entitlement purchase agreement provided for
Hydropower, Infrastructure
1965Exchange of notes (October 4, 1965) between the government of Canada and the government of the United States of America relating to the establishment of directi
Hydropower, Flood Management
1968Exchange of notes concerning a special operating programme for the Duncan and Arrow storages on the Columbia River System
Infrastructure, Flood Management, Hydropower
1985Treaty Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Pacific Salmon
Fisheries
1992Environmental cooperation agreement between the Province of British Columbia and the State of Washington ◆ GW
Water Quality, Flood Management
1996Memorandum of understanding between the Washington Department of Ecology and the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Land, & Parks and Appendix to April 12, 1996 Brit ◆ GW
Environment
2001An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act
Water Quantity
2012Columbia River non-treaty storage agreement
Water Quantity, Hydropower

Source: TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database · open in the explorer →