Talk:Grand Coulee

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The area surrounding the coulee should be considered a shrub-steppe, not a desert.

WDFW - Wildlife of Eastside Shrubland and Grassland Habitats

Changed:

The area surrounding the Grand Coulee is a desert, its average annual rainfall is less than ten inches. Until recently, the coulee was dry.

To read:

The area surrounding the Grand Coulee is often thought to be a desert but is actually a shrub-steppe with an average annual rainfall less than ten inches. Until recently, the coulee was dry.

Also added:

WDFW link above to external links section.

Hikingbert 23:25, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The third picture (Grand_Coulee.jpg) is the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River and not the dam of the Grand Coulee which is earthen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.141.119 (talk) 07:39, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The second sentence in the sixth paragraph under "Geological History" needs to be repaired. "Most of the displaced soil created new landforms, but most of it was carried far out into the Pacific Ocean." You can't use most twice to refer to different things happening to the displaced soil. This was introduced in a massive edit by 24.18.194.166 at 11:02, 31 May 2011. I can't be bothered to figure out what is right since that entire edit is unreferenced. Jelloman (talk) 00:02, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"The sound could be heard from 30 miles away"? This whole paragraph reads like an eyewitness account. The prose needs to be toned down and it needs to be referenced. Keno (talk) 01:05, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of Grand Coulee Dam On the Columbia River[edit]

The third picture in this article has a confusing caption. The picture is of the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. The caption implies that this is the impound dam on the Grand Coulee above the Dry Falls. Two completely different places and dams. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.137.158 (talk) 06:41, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio?[edit]

I'm not completely clear which came first, but a lot of the article is very similar to this (page 24). That guide appears, however, to be sourced from here, rather than our article, so some reworking is required I think. Duplication detector report here. Mikenorton (talk) 22:07, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]