Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
English: A scenario macroseismic intensity map of the median ground motion values from magnitude 9.0 scenario earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Maximum intensity of IX (Violent). Affected areas include Northern California, western Oregon and Washington, and the Vancouver Island region of British Columbia.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
English: A map showing the two definitions of the proposed "Republic of Cascadia." Green shows the American states of Oregon and Washington; and the Canadian province of British Columbia (which make up the standard definition). The black-dotted line marks the border of the Cascadia bioregion (which is also mentioned as a border).
None of the multiple possible definitions of the Pacific Northwest is universally accepted. This map shows three possibilities: (1) The shaded area shows the historical Oregon Country. (2) The green line shows the Cascadia bioregion. [6] (3) The labeled states and provinces include Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
File:BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces,_HI_closer.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-2.5 2007-12-08T21:18:24Z Lokal Profil 1730x1730 (216736 Bytes) Code trimming; 2007-07-03T04:21:30Z Lokal Profil 1730x1730 (217702 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|Blank SVG map of USA and Canada with state and province borders. Hawaii has been moved closer to ...
The Cascadia bioregion. The area from Vancouver, B.C. down to Portland, Oregon has been termed the Cascadia Megaregion, a megaregion defined by the U.S. and Canadian governments, especially along the 'Cascadia Corridor'. Megaregions are defined as areas where "boundaries begin to blur, creating a new scale of geography now known as the megaregion.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Pages for logged out editors learn more
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 100–200 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States