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http://www.united-states-map.com/topo/northwest.htm http://www.united-states-map.com/topo/northwest.htm I don't read topos very well, but it looks like most of
by a3n 11y ago
http://www.united-states-map.com/topo/northwest.htm http://www.united-states-map.com/topo/northwest.htm
I don't read topos very well, but it looks like most of the coast on that map is greenish and plainish.
- davidw 11y agoThe linked map is not very detailed. This one lets you zoom in: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.310701,-121.9917256,8z/data=!5m1!1e4 https://www.google.com/maps/@45.310701,-121.9917256,8z/data=... Significant portions of the Oregon coast look like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Heceta_Head_and_House.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Heceta_H... The Willamette Valley is a plain, but no one would consider it coastal.
- username223 11y agoIt's pretty striking. In northern Washington you mostly drive at least an hour between ocean and mountains (e.g. Bellingham to the Cascades). In southern coastal Canada the mountains rise straight from the ocean (e.g. driving between Vancouver and Squamish).