Search results for "Pacific Northwest" - New World Encyclopedia
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- study of nuclear waste disposal at Pacific Northwest National Labs.]] ... contamination. According to the Pacific Northwest National Labs, "Vitrification ...7 KB (966 words) - 20:42, 3 May 2023
- The Kwakiutl, of the Canadian Pacific Northwest, are the main group ... was held by native tribes on the Pacific Northwest coast of the United ...10 KB (1,450 words) - 05:54, 30 November 2022
- scuttled his hopes to search instead for a Northwest Passage. ... the Arctic Ocean north of Russia, into the Pacific, and then to the Far East ...9 KB (1,487 words) - 15:22, 25 January 2023
- elk) that are native only to the Pacific Northwest coast. Because of this ... Most, if not all, Pacific Northwest indigenous cultures were more ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- province of British Columbia, comprise the Pacific Northwest. ... tributary, the Snake River, water the Pacific Northwest. The Platte runs through ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- area stretching from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, and was given by ... lucrative trading territories of the Pacific Northwest. ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- Salmo (Atlantic trouts), and Oncorhynchus (Pacific trouts and Pacific salmon). ... genus Oncorhynchus are known as the "Pacific trouts and Pacific salmon ...11 KB (1,552 words) - 17:10, 5 November 2022
- intermountain regions of the U.S. The Pacific Northwest states, on the other ... southern and eastern regions of the Pacific Northwest. Below-average precipitation ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- * Section Piceaster (southern Spain, northwest Africa) **Abies pinsapo ... * Section Amabilis (Pacific coast mountains, North America and Japan ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast between 1791 and 1794. ... Vancouver Island and throughout the Pacific Northwest. The trunks of the ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 14:19, 3 May 2023
- thumb|350px|Over millions of years, the Pacific Plate has moved over the ... in the Columbia Plateau of the US Pacific Northwest. The Deccan Traps of ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 16:21, 25 January 2023
- of Indigenous cultures along the Pacific northwest coast of North America ... In the early 1990s, the Haisla First Nation of the Pacific Northwest ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. They are located at the meeting point of the ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- America linking the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. This navigable sea ... Panama Canal, which shortened the Atlantic Pacific passage by several thousand ...20 KB (2,965 words) - 04:44, 28 April 2023
- The Snake River is the largest tributary of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. One of the most important ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- had made an amphibious landing in the northwest part of Singapore, near ... way in Southeast Asia until Japan became a Pacific Imperial power. Japan was ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- (40 to 240 km) in width, it separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California ... as the Sea of Cortez) on its west from the Pacific Ocean on its south and east ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- The Bering Sea is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean that ... the interior Alaska Indians and the Pacific Northwest coast Indians. ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- Ocean, and other areas flow into the Pacific, Arctic, and so forth. ... 47 percent of all land in the world. The Pacific Ocean drains just over 13 ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- with the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. During the two-year ... heard numerous plans to explore the Pacific Northwest. In 1785, Jefferson ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- States after those of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. ... Mackinac Straits, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. ...12 KB (1,735 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- Atlantic halibut (H. hippoglossus) and the Pacific halibut (H. stenolepis) ... and as far south as the Bay of Biscay. The Pacific halibut is found on the ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- River, its longest tributary, near the Pacific coast of Northern California ... significant links to the tribes of the Northwest Coast. However, they did ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- 1994). They are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. ... *Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus *Greenland cod, Gadus ogac ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 22:21, 7 January 2024
- also the first navigator to cross the vast Pacific Ocean, nearly four times ... Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513, and Juan ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- #039;s Central Valley and the Pacific Northwest. The California Gold ... * Orr, Elizabeth L., and William N. Orr. Geology of the Pacific Northwest ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- Panama and captured Spanish ships on the Pacific coast of that isthmus; the ... John Cook (or Cooke). Cook entered the Pacific via Cape Horn and spent ...11 KB (1,611 words) - 15:57, 7 May 2023
- The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It stretches from the Canadian province of British ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- was used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest of what is now the ... of his staff were former employees of the Northwest Company, known as Nor& ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful ... Hawaii, and the North American Pacific Northwest). On his first voyage ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- Northwestern United States and the Pacific Northwest region of North America ... The course of political history in the Pacific Northwest saw the spine ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- Roman Catholic and was raised in the Pacific northwest. His parents were divorced ... with Brautigan on bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Another lyrical interpretation ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- perhaps as mild as the modern-day Pacific Northwest. Warm temperate forests ... rainforests grew as far north as the Pacific Northwest and Europe. ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 21:20, 9 February 2022
- :* Picea neoveitchii Veitch's Spruce. Northwest China (rare, ... :* Picea chihuahuana Chihuahua Spruce. Northwest Mexico (rare). ...11 KB (1,545 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The capital is Papeete ... A book of selected readings. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Pacific Northwest). A number of American classical composers, in particular Henry Cowell and Aaron Copland ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- and sits in a strategic position in the Pacific Ocean roughly midway between ... islets, and undersea seamounts trending northwest by southeast in the North ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- Arc in northern Oregon state, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) east-southeast of the ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- Mount Rainier were inhabited by many Pacific Northwest Native American tribes ... It is a natural setting of the Pacific Northwest region. Things to be ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Construction of ... chiefly two facilities at the Atlantic and Pacific outlets), which was won ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- indigenous peoples located along the Pacific northwest coast of North America ... * Malin, Edward. Totem poles of the Pacific Northwest coast. Portland ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States produces more than enough tetrodotoxin to kill an adult human foolish ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 09:41, 11 March 2023
- is the seat of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, formed by Australia ... Located in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific Ocean, approximately ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- salmon are found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as in the ... of documents describing salmon of the Pacific Northwest ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- They are a people of North America's northwest coast, inhabiting the southern ... |left|250px|Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest lived on salmon ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- *The Northwest Coast Indians' potlatch ritual, where leaders ... The Kwakiutl, of the Canadian Pacific Northwest, are the main group ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 05:31, 11 December 2022
- Niue is a small island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. ... to the west coast, around the capital and in the northwest. ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 02:29, 16 November 2022
- features: the Bering Strait on the Pacific side and the Greenland Scotland ... passage, the Northern Sea Route or the Northwest Passage, to "Cathay ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- blackberries. In addition to the Pacific Northwest of the United States ... such as in Chile, New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest region of North America ...19 KB (2,739 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- ===Traversing "the Northwest Passage"=== expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic ...24 KB (3,885 words) - 21:07, 16 April 2023
- east of the Pacific Ocean. The collapse of the 12000|ft|m ... area and deposited ash as far east as the northwest corner of what is now Yellowstone ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- who urged Stevenson to travel to the south Pacific, an idea which would return ... which went on a tour of the Pacific Northwest in that year. ...22 KB (3,551 words) - 01:41, 16 December 2022
- in The Lone Prairie (1942), Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943), Saddles ... continuing to tour the Southwest and Pacific Northwest from Texas to Washington ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- Canadian dollars). This land became the Northwest Territories. In 1870, Parliament ... to act as a police force for the vast Northwest Territories. ...20 KB (2,893 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- and the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, have significant ... used by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. The South American ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- United States and American Pacific Northwest. His first assignment for the Bureau of American Ethnology was the study of Haida Indians. The project ...9 KB (1,217 words) - 07:08, 3 August 2022
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Washington is located in the uppermost corner of the Pacific ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- Southwestern United States) or raven (Pacific Northwest, coastal British Columbia ... In the Pacific Northwest tradition, Coyote is mostly mentioned as ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... Like the other Pacific island nations, a big concern is global warming ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- Ella E. Clark, Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest, illustrated by Robert ... * Clark, Ella E. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest. University ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- and the Alexander Archipelago off the northwest coast of North America ... that they carved into their famous Pacific Northwest canoes. Carved from ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- Museum, especially for school groups. The Northwest Coast portion exhibition ... patrons may "visit" several Pacific Islands. The Museum houses ...15 KB (2,331 words) - 19:38, 26 March 2024
- located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic ... ===East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Oil Pipeline=== Russian oil pipelines ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- which consisted of what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United States ... easily accessible deep water port on the Pacific Ocean, and so no adjustment ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located on the Pacific coast south of Washington and north of California ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Ailen) is a small inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia ... meters) above sea level, located in the northwest quadrant of the island ...20 KB (2,910 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- is a northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, situated between ... The Sea of Okhotsk is a northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean. With ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- The Nez Perce (autonym: Niimíipu) are Native American people who live in the Pacific Northwest region (Columbia River Plateau) of the United ...36 KB (5,544 words) - 23:25, 14 November 2022
- are located along the coastline of the Northwest United States and Canada ... Native American fishing fleet in the Pacific Northwest, which boasts of the ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- accounts, the sasquatch of the Pacific Northwest United States is a ... searches of wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest area of the U.S and ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- in the north from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean. These islands occupy ... are in the northern part of the Circum-Pacific chain of volcanoes, commonly ...24 KB (3,659 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east ... In the 1870s, the government of Canada formed the Northwest Territories ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- Outside the Pacific Northwest, a number of artists and music scenes ... label. Other record labels in the Pacific Northwest that helped promote ...30 KB (4,642 words) - 10:14, 25 February 2023
- which the Indo-Australian Plate meets the Pacific Plate. These volcanoes have ... To the northwest, and around Mount Ruapehu, between an altitude of ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 03:58, 1 May 2023
- New England, New York City, and the Pacific Northwest. It is planted in many ... Arizona Sycamore || Arizona, New Mexico, northwest Mexico || 2-4 || Subgenus ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- Heyerdahls's voyages across the Atlantic and across the Pacific ... a 101-day, 4,300-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, it smashed into the ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- led to his writing, Indians of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coming of ... *Deloria, Vine. Indians of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coming ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- : American Indians of the Pacific Northwest In 1884, she traveled to the East Coast once again, in order to testify before Congress. She asked ...10 KB (1,568 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
- Cape Horn from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean dropped greatly when ... The dividing line between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans runs along the meridian ...25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- * islands of the South Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, ... Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). It is also ...24 KB (3,586 words) - 05:58, 10 January 2023
- the Northern Atlantic and Northeastern Pacific. The Philippine Atmospheric ... season is September 10. The Northeast Pacific has a broader period of ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- and caused massive tsunami across the Pacific Northwest logged in Japan and ... Columbia, California, and coastal Pacific Northwest towns, killing 121 ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- Seattle is a coastal port city and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the state of Washington ...49 KB (7,077 words) - 02:45, 21 April 2023
- flourished along the coast of the Pacific Ocean between 3000 and 1800 ... with strong leaders: Chinchasuyu in the northwest, Antisuyu (northeast), ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- Mongolia; northeastern China to the Pacific Ocean. In 1952, reindeer ... are found in Alaska, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories of Canada. ...20 KB (2,969 words) - 19:16, 26 November 2023
- by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca ... were found floating in the waters off the northwest coast of Honduras. ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- 039;Mine'? Physics Key to Detection.”] Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2000). Retrieved March 20, 2007. * It is contained in neutron ...11 KB (1,466 words) - 18:27, 25 November 2023
- The Redwood National and State Parks stretch along the northern Pacific ... in the park and offshore under the Pacific Ocean have resulted in shifting ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- Mountains province, and the even larger Pacific Mountain System. It is bounded ... which in turn is part of the larger Pacific Mountain System physiographic ...23 KB (3,404 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- north, Panama to the south-southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south ... both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean with a total of 1 ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- Gordon R. Newell, H.W. McCurdy Maritime History of the Pacific Northwest ... H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The country's ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Esquimalt, the Canadian military’s main Pacific naval base. ... Township of Esquimalt is the home of the Pacific headquarters of the Canadian ...26 KB (3,658 words) - 20:09, 3 May 2023
- The Battle of Midway was a naval battle in the Pacific Theater of ... was able to seize the initiative in the Pacific and go on the offensive. ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- the Pima in southern Arizona and with the Pacific coast. ... Vizcaíno's expedition mapped the northwest coast of Baja California ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 10:25, 7 June 2023
- as a north-south chain of islands in the northwest Pacific, which were also ... " leaving Spain most of the Pacific Ocean. Although the Philippines ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- the Bohai Bay to the north, Hebei to the northwest, Henan to the west, Jiangsu ... which would eventually become part of the Pacific theater of the Second World ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- of ruggedly beautiful seacoast along the Pacific Ocean in west-central California; ... pressure system that forms over the north Pacific Ocean. The high pressure ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- into three portions: the northeast arm, northwest arm, and southern. This ... Cub, and Strongs Knob are in the northwest arm, and the rest are in ...23 KB (3,613 words) - 12:54, 22 January 2023
- and its height drops gently towards the northwest. The Changbai Mountains ... 2.96 million hectares of prairies in the northwest make it an ideal place ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
