This Western State borders 2 other states, Idaho and Oregon and also features the 12 th longest coastline, extending 157 miles along the Pacific Ocean. The capital city is Olympia and the largest metropolitan area is Seattle. Other prominent cities include Spokane and Tacoma.
Forests cover over more than half of the state and the Western Hemlock is the official state tree.
The landscape of Washington varies from the Olympic Mountains in the northwest, open land along the coast to the Columbia River, the Columbia Basin in the central region, and the Cascade Mountains in the east, featuring the highest peaks in the northeast U.S. Washington is home to deserts, the world's only non-tropical rain forest, and volcanoes including the famous Mt. Saint Helens volcano. Copyright and Disclaimer 1999, iPrime. Com Corporation . All Rights Reserved. This site was designed and developed by Interactive Dzine Studios, Inc .