Northwest
Oregon and Washington
Northwest designates a specific region, most commonly the Pacific Northwest of the United States—Washington, Oregon, and sometimes neighboring areas.
It also names other defined regions: the Northwest Territories of Canada, England's industrial Northwest.
The Northwest Passage is the sea route through Arctic waters connecting the Atlantic and Pacific. (Lowercase northwest is the compass direction.)
Pacific Northwest ecological region
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
- OregonNorthwestern U.S. state
- IdahoNorthwestern American state
- MontanaNorthwestern state, fourth-largest
British Columbia · Alberta · Yukon · Alaska · Seattle · Portland · Vancouver · Spokane
Mild, avoiding extremes
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- coastalOf the shoreline
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
evergreen · conifer · Douglas fir · salmon · orca · misty · overcast · volcanic
First to explore territory
- Lewis and ClarkEarly 1800s expedition leaders
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
- KlondikeYukon gold rush region
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
homesteading · prospecting · fur trade · settler · wilderness
Earth's northernmost zone
- sea routeNavigable ocean pathway
- FranklinSurname or locality
- iceboundTrapped by frozen water
- polarOf extreme latitudes
Amundsen · maritime · expedition · explorers · shipping lane · ice-free · navigation · circumnavigation
Cascadia
Pacific Northwest ecological region
- WashingtonU.S. seat of government
- OregonNorthwestern U.S. state
- IdahoNorthwestern American state
Montana · British Columbia · Alberta · Yukon · Alaska · Seattle · Portland · Vancouver · Spokane · Tacoma
temperate
Mild, avoiding extremes
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- coastalOf the shoreline
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
glacier · evergreen · conifer · Douglas fir · salmon · orca · misty · overcast · volcanic · tundra
pioneering
First to explore territory
- Lewis and ClarkEarly 1800s expedition leaders
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
- KlondikeYukon gold rush region
gold rush · homesteading · prospecting · fur trade · settler · wilderness
Arctic
Earth's northernmost zone
Amundsen · polar · maritime · expedition · explorers · shipping lane · ice-free · navigation · circumnavigation · discovery
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Deep South, Sun Belt, Great Plains
- AirlinesAmerican Airlines, Delta, British Airways, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines
- Cape Fear RegionCape Fear, Wilmington, Southport, Leland, Oak Island
- Portland NeighborhoodsHawthorne, Alberta, Irvington, Sunnyside, Richmond
- Directional PlacesSouth Korea, South America, East Timor, South Carolina, South Dakota
- African PlacesCairo, Cape Town, Kilimanjaro, Kruger, Marrakech
Northwestsoutheast
Intercardinal compass point
south · east · south-southeast · east-southeast · southward
NorthwestSouthwest
Arid American expanse
Deep South · Sun Belt · Florida · Gulf Coast · Dixie
- Pacific NorthwestCoastal American region, northward
- Northwest PassageArctic shipping channel
- Northwest TerritoriesNorthern Canadian administrative region
- Northwest TerritoryFormer British North American region
- North by NorthwestIntermediate compass point
- Northwest CoastWestern seaboard's northern stretch
northwestern, northwesterly, northwestward, northwester, northwestwards