> What do you think? What would be a good classification for
>Washington? We could have Western Washington (possible divided into Puget
>Sound, Olympic Pennisula, South Coast, Cascades), South Central Washington
>(east of the Cascades to around the Potholes region), North Central
>Washington (Okanogan region), Northeastern Washington (forested regions from
>Grand Coulee west to Idaho South to Spokane) and Southwestern Washington
>(including the Palouse, Snake River area, etc.) That is just my
>classification. What is yours? You can respond to me directly or to the
>list at large.
>

I have to teach Washington State geography to fourth grade students. Our
curriculum addresses the differences between east and west and the reasons
for those differences, climate-wise. We also divide the state into five
distinct regions, which are probably very simplistic, but work for ten year
old students! The regions are: Coastal (Pacific Coast including the Olympics
and other coastal mountains), Puget Sound Lowlands, Cascade Mountains,
Okanogan Highlands (mountainous northern area, from the Cascades east), and
Columbia Plateau (all that's left in the southeast). Because I teach it that
way, it's easy to think it so. But I do agree that it's more complex than that.

Michael B. Brown
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