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Geography of Washington (state) Washington is the northwesternmost state of the contiguous United States. It borders Idaho to the east, bounded mostly by the meridian running north from the confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River (about 117°02'23" west), except for the southernmost section where the border follows the Snake River.
The U.S. state of Washington has 39 counties. The Provisional Government of Oregon established Vancouver and Lewis Counties in 1845 in unorganized Oregon Country, extending from the Columbia River north to 54°40′ north latitude. After the region was organized within the Oregon Territory with the current northern border of 49° north ...
Channeled Scablands. The Channeled Scablands are a relatively barren and soil-free region of interconnected relict and dry flood channels, coulees and cataracts eroded into Palouse loess and the typically flat-lying basalt flows that remain after cataclysmic floods within the southeastern part of Washington state. [1][2] The Channeled Scablands ...
79 (Samish also owns another ~130 acres of non-trust land) Anacortes: Sauk-Suiattle Indian Reservation: 200 96 Near Darrington in southern Skagit County: Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation: 70 334 Along Willapa Bay in northwestern Pacific County: Skokomish Indian Reservation: 796 5,000 Just north of Shelton in Mason County: Snoqualmie Indian ...
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of forest, range, agricultural, and commercial lands in the U.S. state of Washington. The DNR also manages 2,600,000 acres (11,000 km 2) of aquatic areas which include shorelines, tidelands, lands under Puget Sound and the coast, and navigable ...
The eight National Forests within the state of Washington are: Colville National Forest [5] Gifford Pinchot National Forest [5] Idaho Panhandle National Forest [5] Kaniksu National Forest [5] Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest [5] Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest [5]
Washington, officially the State of Washington, [ 3 ] is the northernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington state[ a ] to distinguish it from the national capital, [ 4 ] both named for George Washington (the first U.S. president). Washington borders the Pacific Ocean to the west ...
Map of the United States with Washington highlighted. Washington is a state located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Washington is the 13th most populous state, with 7,705,281 inhabitants, and the 18th largest by land area, spanning 66,455.52 square miles (172,119.0 km 2) of land.