WA Glossary
study of the earth's land, water, people & other things
What is geography
State Capital
What is Olympia
Olympic Peninsula & sandy beaches
What is the Coastal Range
The horseshoe shaped basin in the Pacific Ocean with earthquakes and volcanic reactions
What is the Ring of Fire
Largest river in Washington
What is the Columbia River
mild climate of WA due to oceanic winds
area with sandy beaches
What is the Coastal Range
What is the Rocky Mts. Region
May 18, 1980
What is the date of Mt. St. Helens' Eruption
electricity that is produced by waterpower
What is hydroelectric
Forces within the earth that cause movements of its crust
What is tectonic
3 National Parks
What are Olympic NP, Rainier NP and North Cascades NP
hydroelectric power
What is the Columbia Plateau
What are lahars
The two Columbia tributaries in the tri-cities
What are the Yakima River and the Snake River
location and arrangement of natural and human features of land
What are spatial patterns
What is the Rocky Mt. region
tulip & daffodil fields
What is the Puget Sound Lowlands
What is the Grand Coulee
a mixture of fine volcanic ash and dust carried by the wind
What is loess
8th Wonder of the World
What is Grand Coulee Dam
the economic region that WA is a part of
What is the Pacific Rim
5 volcanic Mts. in the Cascade Range
Mt. Baker, Glacier Peak, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adam & Mt. St. Helens
What is Lake Missoula