Geography
Regions
Rivers
ETC
Climate
100
Canada, Idaho, Oregon, Pacific Ocean
What are WA's borders.
100
This is the Southeast part of WA.
What is the Columbia Plateau.
100
Our biggest and most important river.
What is the Columbia.
100
What is a high flat area of land called?
What is a plateau?
100
Temperatures are hot in the summer.
What is Eastern WA?
200
A body of water that most of the State's people live near.
What is Puget Sound.
200
This area is a moutain range that divides WA
What are the Cascades.
200
This river comes out of Idaho and flows into the Columbia.
What is the Snake River.
200
A series or line of mountains.
What is a mountain range?
200
Temps are not too cold in the Winter.
What is Western WA.
300
Why are the state's 2 sides so different?
The Cascade Range divides the state into different climates, economies and cultures.
300
This area in the NE of the State does not have a large population.
What is the Rocky Mtn. region?
300
This river runs into Eliot Bay into Seattle.
What is the Duwamish.
300
A wide, flat, low area of land; good for farming.
What is a plain or lowland.
300
Temps are not hot in the summer.
What is Western WA?
400
WA is part of these 2 larger regions.
What are the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim?
400
What are 2 parts of the state's most western region?
What are Coastal Lowlands and Olympic Range?
400
Why does the Columbia have so many dams?
To provide electricity, water for farms, flood control and transportation.
400
This province is north of WA.
What is British Columbia?
400
Temps are very cold in the winter.
What is Eastern WA?
500
This is the name of both a peninsula, mountain range and national park.
What is Olympic?
500
This region is another country.
What is Canada?
500
This river comes from the Olympic range.
What is the Elwha, Quinault, Hoh, etc.
500
A slow moving "river" of ice.
What is a glacier?
500
What causes the weather differences in WA
What is the rain shadow effect?
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