The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-17
WASHINGTON IS BOTH IN
POPULATION IN U. S.
Is Nineteenth in Area the Rsnge Of
Elevation IS $4,000 feet-0ther
interesting Facts

From Washington, D. c., has just
been received a bulletin from the
census department dealing with Wash
ington and its agriculture, from which
the following is taken:
Washington ranks nineteenth in
land area and thirtieth in population
among the states Of continental United
States. The state ranges in elevation
from sea level at the Pacific Ocean and
Puget Sound to attitudes in excess oil
$4,000 feet in the Cascade ranges.
The coast country consists OF benches
and river valleys in the immediate vi
cinity of the sea. The Olympic noun
tains in the northwestern part Of the
state, and the coast ranges, in the
southwestern portion, constitute noun
famous masses which separate the
coast country through the greater por-
ton of its extent from the basin Of
the Puget Sound region and from the
region traversed by the lower Column
bia river. This interior valley rises
to attitudes Of 500 to 700 feet, and
is bounded on the east by the foot
hills and ranges Of the Cascade noun
tains.
THE state is crossed from north to
south by the high ranges Of the Cas-
cade mountains, which separate west
ern from eastern Washington. Eastern
Washington consists Of the broad val
lev of the Columbia river, fanked on
the west by numerous high mountain
ranges with included valleys. The
south central portion Of the state
consists of high rolling plateau dis
trict, with numerous valleys and basins,
which constitutes a portion Of the great
international plateau region lying be-
tween the Cascade and Rocky noun
tains. The extreme southeastern por-
ton of Washington is also mountain
Gus in the vicinity Of Snake river.
THE soils Of the western coastal
portion OF the state at the lower eleva-
tons consist OF silly loans and Silly
CLAW loans derived from the weather
ing Of sandstones, shales, basaltic
rocks. The region is crossed by nu-
merous alluvial valleys, where loans
and silly clays predominant. The
greater portion Of the agricultural re-
gion is confined to the alluvial valleys.
The Columbia river basin and the
southern portion of the Puget Sound
basin has been glaciated, and the level
benches and rolling uplands are occu-
pied by a great variety of stony, grav-
elly and sandy loan soils. Alluvial
bottoms and partially filled lake basins
are numerous in this region. Included
areas Of rough mountain country and
the greater portions OF the higher ele-
vations are heavily iorested, as are also
the rough, rugged and non-agricul-
tural regions of the Olympic noun
tains, the Coast ranges and the Cas-
cade ranges.
THE intermountain valleys in the
north central and the northeastern por-
tons of the state consist chiefly of gla-
cial deposits and glacial outwash. The
mountain ridges are forested.
THE western portion Of the great
intermountain plateau region is arid
and the soils consist Of fine sands,
sandy loans and clay soils derived
from basaltic rocks, volcanic ash and
ancient lake sediments. The more
easterly portion of the plateau region
consists, of high. rolling to somewhat
mountainous :ountry. the soils OF which
are derived from the weathering OF ba-
saltic rock and to a considerable extent
from the fine silly wind blown material
over the rolling country in eastern and