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 Mt. Rainier reflected in Reflection Lake |
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As the only American state named after a president, Washington is a land of contrasts. There's a lot of mountain in the state, some of it high and dry, some of it high and very wet (the Olympic Peninsula is a veritable rainforest). East of the Cascade Mountains there are also some large, wide-open, high-latitude deserts and the incredible scenery of the Columbia River Gorge. Mount Baker set the world record for snowfall in a single season in 1999: 1,140 inches. Then there's the Hanford Reservation which averages between 6 and 7 inches of precipitation per year. Nearly 60% of the human population of Washington lives in the Seattle Metropolitan Area. |
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 The Seattle Skyline |
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| Related Washington Pages Scenic Byways - National Park Service Sites - National Wildlife Refuges National Wilderness Areas |
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| Photo of Mount Rainier courtesy of Kelvin Kay, CCA ShareAlike 3.0 License. Photo of the floating bridges courtesy of Tradnor, CCA ShareAlike 3.0 License. Photo of the Seattle Skyline courtesy of Jamies. All text Copyright © 2010 by Leahs.com. All rights reserved. |
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