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Washington Geography
Washington
Geography, Washington Facts
About half of Alabama
Washington is bordered by Canada in the north and Oregon
on the south. On the east, Washington is bordered by Idaho and on the west; it
is bordered by the Pacific Ocean.
Major rivers in the state include the Columbia, the Snake and the Yakima Rivers.
Washington, the only state named after a President, has six distinct geographic
land areas: The Olympic Mountains, the Coast Range, the Puget Sound Lowlands,
the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia Plateau and the Rocky Mountains. Parts of
the Olympic Mountains are so rugged they have never been explored, and most of
the area lies within Olympic National Park. The Cascade Mountains include Mount
Rainier, the highest point in Washington, and Mount St. Helens, an active
volcano which erupted in 1980. A portion of the Rocky Mountains cuts across the
northeast corner of Washington and contains many valuable minerals such as
copper, lead, limestone, magnesite, silver and zinc.
Approximately three-fourths of the state’s population lives in the Puget Sound
Lowlands, an area around Puget Sound. Most of southern and central Washington is
covered by the Columbia Plateau and is part of the largest lava plateau in the
world. One unusual feature of the Columbia Plateau are “coulees” or dry canyons
with steep walls cut into the lava thousands of years ago. These canyons were
formed during a time when glaciers blocked the Columbia River and the rushing
water carved trenches across the plateau. When the glaciers retreated, and the
Columbia River returned to its course, these trenches dried up. Grand Coulee Dam
is constructed in one of these areas..
Geography Information from
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