Sunday, 8 February 2015

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON
area: 17,64,800 sq. km. rank:20
capital: olympia
neighbours: british columbia (north), Idaho
(east ), Oregon (south). 

OLYMPIA
·         Port city, located on Puget sound
SEATTLE
·         Situated in the northern part of Washington.
·         Lumbering, fish canning, aluminum smelting, aircraft and electrical engineering are important industries.
 Smelting, aircraft and electrical engineering are important industries.
·         World’s largest aircraft assembly cent-re.
TACOMA
·         Situated to the south of Seattle.
·         Lumbering and paper and pulp industries are located here.






















OREGON
   area :1,51,120 sq. km. rank: 10
    capital: Salem
    neighbours: wash;ingtyon (north), Idaho ( east), Nevada, California (south).
 PORTLAND
    lies on an  important gap in the strangeness where the Columbia river breaks through the sea.
    has important ship - building industries.
 UTAH
    area: 2,19,888 sq. km, rank: 11,capital: salt
    lke city
neighbours: Idaho (berth), Wyoming (north east), Colorado ( east), mexico (south east), Arizona (south Nevada (west)
 SALT LAKE CITY
   situted near the southern end of the great salt lake at the foot of the Wasatch range. 
one of the largest and most important city in Utah.
center of sugar beet factories and metal industries.


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