- Pacific Northwest
- Oregon, Washington
- Cascade mountain – 100 miles, backbone of the Northwest, running from north to south, includes several snowcapped mountains = dormant ( dřímající ) volcanoes
- Mount St. Helen – erupted in 1980, total destruction up 20 miles away, no tree, animal or human being survived in the area, ash was blown hundreds of miles across Washington State
- Oregon coast – long sandy beaches, high rock cliffs, water temperature seldom 50°F , weather is often stormy, from February through May migrate California gray whales
- Almost all of the beaches are owned by the state Oregon, protected from building and commercial exploration
- The anti-tourist campaign - started the tourist office to keep people away, to stop people from moving to the state
Seattle
- the largest city in Washington State
- its residents live on or near water
- surrounded by Puget Sound, Lake Washington200 islands, across it are the Olympic Mountain, a National Par
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