Washington State History

Entry Task Make a list of places you have visited in

the State of Washington Which of these places was your favorite

to visit and why? Use complete sentences Make sure to put your name and date on

the top.

RAIN!!!!! “Oh you’re from

Washington? Does it really rain all the time there?”

Rain Shadow

The Olympic Peninsula The Olympic

Peninsula was formed during the last Ice Age.

Huge conifer rain forests.

Porcupines, grizzly bears, and mountain goats, oh my!

Puget Sound Lowlands Glacier ice formed

the place that we know today as Puget Sound

People have lived in this area for thousands of years.

A mastodon hunting site was found in Sequim that dates all the way back to 12,000 B.C.

The Cascade Mountains

Run from north to south and divide eastern Washington from western Washington.

It is covered by one of the world's only temperate rainforests

On the east side of the mountains, the forests are mostly pine trees and the temperatures in winter and summer are more extreme.

Contain four of Washington's five active volcanoes! Mount Baker, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams all call the Cascade Range home. These volcanoes are part of what geologists call "the Ring of Fire."

The Okanogan Highlands Many minerals are mined

in this region — even silver and gold.

The Okanogan also boasts one of the world's largest man-made resources, the Grand Coulee Dam.

Contains enough concrete to build a highway from Seattle to Miami!

Snake River video

Columbia Plateau/ Basin This area produces some

of the best wheat in the entire world. Its fertile soil supports many different types of farming — from orchards to cattle.

River basin and plateau formed through mass flooding during and after the ice age.

The power of floodsTime lapse of a dam

Geology of WA Mt Saint Helens