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Snake River Valley

Appellation

Snake River Valley is an appellation in the United States, covering 2,116,103 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Snake River Valley viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
2007-04-09
Area
2,116,103 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
273.39 × 293.9 km
Centre
43.7635° N, 116.8717° W
State
ID, OR
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.208
Petitioner
The wine grape growers of the Snake River Valley in Idaho, the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission, and the Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor

Where it is

Nearest town
19 km north-west of Caldwell
Nearest city
42 km north-west of Meridian 90,739 people
To the sea
572 km
Rivers nearby
Boise (2.7 km) · Columbia (11 km) · Owyhee (15 km) · Payette (24 km)
Same latitude
Chianti Classico (Italy), Hokkaido (Japan), Châteauneuf-du-Pape (France), Tri Morave (Serbia), Лом (Bulgaria)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
526–2,147 m
Mean elevation
884 m

Measured over the whole outline on 113,639 elevation cells of about 442 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 14

Inside Snake River Valley · 1

Contains

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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