Cascadia
Rainforest coastal territory
Cascadia is a bioregion of the Pacific Northwest, loosely defined as the watershed of rivers flowing into the Pacific from southern Alaska to northern California, centered on Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
The name also attaches to a hypothetical independent nation-state comprising this territory, promoted by regional independence movements.
Cascadia has its own flag and cultural identity.
Formal withdrawal from union
- bioregionalismOrganizing society around ecosystems
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- movementChange in position
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
autonomy · nation-state · self-determination · flag · political identity · regionalism · statehood · partition
Pink-fleshed migratory fish
- orcaLarge predatory dolphin
- banana slugYellow shell-less mollusk
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- restorationReturning something to condition
conservation · spawning · estuary · wetland · biodiversity · endemic species · temperate rainforest · moss
Where one plate slides under another
- fault lineTectonic boundary crack
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- tectonicOf crustal forces
- megathrustMassive subduction zone fault
seismic · tsunami · volcanic arc · Ring of Fire · Mount Rainier · Mount St. Helens · Mount Hood · magma
Coastal American region, northward
- bioregionEcologically bounded territory
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- Columbia RiverMajor Pacific Northwest river
- Puget SoundNorthwestern coastal estuary
British Columbia · Oregon · Washington · Seattle · Portland · Vancouver · temperate rainforest · ecosystem
secession
Formal withdrawal from union
- bioregionalismOrganizing society around ecosystems
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- movementChange in position
separatism · autonomy · nation-state · self-determination · flag · political identity · regionalism · statehood · partition · progressive
salmon
Pink-fleshed migratory fish
- orcaLarge predatory dolphin
- banana slugYellow shell-less mollusk
- watershedDrainage area boundary
restoration · conservation · spawning · estuary · wetland · biodiversity · endemic species · temperate rainforest · moss · fern
subduction zone
Where one plate slides under another
- fault lineTectonic boundary crack
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- tectonicOf crustal forces
megathrust · seismic · tsunami · volcanic arc · Ring of Fire · Mount Rainier · Mount St. Helens · Mount Hood · magma · tremor
Pacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
- bioregionEcologically bounded territory
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- Columbia RiverMajor Pacific Northwest river
Puget Sound · British Columbia · Oregon · Washington · Seattle · Portland · Vancouver · temperate rainforest · ecosystem · coastal
- earthquakesearthquake, quake, earthquakes, quakes, epicenter
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Deep South, Pacific Northwest
- North American regionsstates, provinces, territories, regions, northeast
- Pacific CoastPacific Ocean, beach, Pacific coast, sand, Pacific beaches
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- West CoastCalifornia, Sierra Nevada, Oregon, Death Valley, Washington
CascadiaUnited States
North American federal republic
Canada · sovereign nation · nation-state · France · Oregon
CascadiaSonoran Desert
Arid region, Arizona-Mexico
Mojave Desert · Death Valley · Arizona · Mojave · Sahara
CascadiaDixie
Nickname for Confederate states
Texas · Bible Belt · red states · Alabama · Mississippi
- cascade effectSequential chain of consequences
- Cascade MountainsPacific Northwest mountain range
- water cascadeFlowing liquid dropping vertically
- Cascade RangePacific Northwest volcanic mountains