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Washington (state)
| Washington | |
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| Map of the United States with Washington highlighted | |
| Country | United States |
| Before statehood | Washington Territory |
| Admitted to the Union | November 11, 1889 (42nd) |
- What are the 5 regions in Washington state?
- What region has the most people in Washington?
- What describes Washington's location?
- What is the geography of Washington?
- What are the 5 regions of the US?
- What are Washington's major climate regions?
- Where is the Puget Sound region?
- What land regions are located in eastern Washington?
- What does Washington mean?
- What number state is Washington?
- Is Washington State mountainous?
- Why is Eastern Washington so dry?
What are the 5 regions in Washington state?
Washington State Regions. You will create an electronic brochure for one of Washington State's five major regions (Coastal Region, Puget Sound Lowlands, Cascade Mountains, Columbia Plateau, Okanogan Highlands).
What region has the most people in Washington?
Western Washington is a region of the United States defined as the area of Washington state west of the Cascade Mountains. This region is home to the state's largest city, Seattle, the state capital, Olympia, and most of the state's residents.
What describes Washington's location?
Lying at the northwestern corner of the 48 conterminous states, it is bounded by the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, the U.S. states of Idaho to the east and Oregon to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
What is the geography of Washington?
The Evergreen State, the 18th largest state in the union, can be divided into six geographic land areas; the Olympic Mountains, the Coast Range, the Puget Sound Lowlands, the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia Plateau, and the Rocky Mountains.
What are the 5 regions of the US?
A common way of referring to regions in the United States is grouping them into 5 regions according to their geographic position on the continent: the Northeast, Southwest, West, Southeast, and Midwest.
What are Washington's major climate regions?
Washington has two distinct climate zones. Mild, humid, summer days west of the Cascades rarely rise above 26°C (79°F), and winter days seldom drop below 8°C (46°F) while the east of the state has warm summers and cool winters.
Where is the Puget Sound region?
Puget Sound, deep inlet of the eastern North Pacific Ocean indenting northwestern Washington, U.S. It stretches south for 100 miles (160 km) from Admiralty Inlet and Whidbey Island (beyond which lie the straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca). Hood Canal is a large western extension.
What land regions are located in eastern Washington?
These regions are: the Coastal Range, the Puget Sound Lowlands, the Cascade Range, the Columbia Plateau and the Rocky Mountain region.
What does Washington mean?
In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Washington is: From the intelligent one's farm; from the town of Wassa's people. Famous Bearer: First U.S. president, George Washington.
What number state is Washington?
Washington became the forty-second state of the United States of America on November 11, 1889.
Is Washington State mountainous?
Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Vancouver and Bellingham are all located on the west side of the state. As the glaciers retreated during the last ice age, they carved their memories into the land. Western Washington is hilly and even mountainous in places with lots of rivers and lakes.
Why is Eastern Washington so dry?
In Washington, storms usually move in off the Pacific Ocean and travel over Seattle and the rest of the Puget Sound before slamming into the western slopes of the Cascades. This is called the windward side of the mountains. ... This process results in a rain shadow desert for the eastern half of Washington.
