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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, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia.
Tehaleh, [1] formerly known as Cascadia, is a master-planned unincorporated community to the south of Bonney Lake in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Construction began in 2005 with an estimated timeline for completion of 20 years. [2] The town was designed by Patrick Kuo, who had purchased the land in 1991. [3]
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).
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.
The island is 456 km (283 mi) in length, 100 km (62 mi) in width at its widest point, and 32,100 km 2 (12,400 sq mi) in total area, while 31,285 km 2 (12,079 sq mi) are of land. The island is the largest by area and the most populous along the west coasts of the Americas .
A Coast Range Boundary Fault (CRBF, discussed above) was inferred on the basis of differences in the basement rock to the west and east of Puget Sound (the Crescent Formation—Cascadia core contact), and arbitrarily mapped at various locations including Lake Washington; north of the OWL this is now generally identified, with the Southern ...
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.
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