Ka heluʻana o ke kauwela a me ka uaʻana no ka WA
ʻO nāʻano hoʻolālā'ōmaʻa ma'ō aku o ka moku'āinaʻo Wakinekona ma ka Pākīpika Komohana Pākehā nui loa. Kūleʻa a maʻalahi ke kauwela ma kaʻaoʻao komohana o ka Haleʻo Cascade Mountain. Ma kaʻaoʻao hikina, ua maloʻo, me nā kau wela a me nā hau anu. Hiki ke loli keʻano o ka hoʻomehana i kēlā me kēiaʻaoʻao o Cascades, i keʻano o ka makani a me ka luʻu .
ʻO ke aniau o ka Honua ma East Washington
ʻO kahi nui o ka'āina ma ka hikina hikina o nā Cascade Mountains, he wao kiʻekiʻe, he ulu lāʻau pine paha.
ʻOiai ua hoʻokuʻuʻia ka wai e ka Mokupuniʻo Wakinekona Komohana e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mea kanu ulu momona ma ka honua nei,ʻo ka'āpana'āina maoli ka'āpana'ōpala nui. Hiki i nā kūlanakauhale ma ka hikina o nā mauna ke kōkua mai ka hopena o ka ua, ka mea e'āleʻa ai i nā'ōnaehana o ka moana a hiki i ka lā nui loa. I kou heleʻana i ka hikina, e hoʻouka ka hopena o ka ua - e pāpālua ka nui o ka ua o ka'āinaʻo Sphoaneʻo Ellensburg, kahi kūlanakauhale e noho nei ma ka hikina hikina o ka Cascades. Kūpono ka manaʻo i kaʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hikiʻana o ka hau i Eastern Washington, kahi e pili kokoke ana nā mauna i nā mauna a iʻole nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe eʻoi aku ka hau.
ʻO ke aniau o ka Honua ma Western Washington
ʻO ke kipography a me nā kino nui o ka wai e hana i nāʻano kūlohelohe i ka manawa komohana o Wakinekona. Heʻano paʻakikī ke kālai'āina o Western Washington, me ka pae 'Olumepika' Olumepika e kū ana i ka 'Olumepika.
ʻO nā kūlanakauhale kai ma kaʻaoʻao hikina o ke kaʻinaʻo Puget Sound e holo wikiwiki aku i nā kuahiwi o ka Haleʻo Cascade, e holo ana i ka'ākau a ke kūkulu'ākau a ke kūkulu hema. ʻO ka Moana Pākīpika, i hoʻopiliʻia i loko o kahi Puget Sound i hūnāʻia, hoʻolālāʻia ka mahana a hoʻonui i ka lepo i ke anuanu.
Hoʻopukaʻia ka ua e kahe i nā ao ma kaʻaoʻao komohana o nā Olumepika a me Cascade Mountains. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale ma ke komohana a me ke komohana hema o ka Pākeʻe Olumepika, e like me Forks a me Quinault, kekahi o ka ua nui loa i ka United States. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale ma ka hikina a me ka'ākau hikina o ka hoʻokūkūʻOkakopa i loko o ke aka o ka ua a no laila aia lākou ma waena o ka lā a me nā wahi maloʻo o Wakinekona Komohana.
ʻO ka'āpana nui loa, e hoʻonuiʻia ana mai Olympia a Bellingham ma kaʻaoʻao hikina o Puget Sound, he hopena nō hoʻi ia ma nāʻano kaulike. ʻO Whidbey Island a me Bellingham, kahi e kū nei i ka Strait o Juan de Fuca, he meaʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka hapa nui o ka Moku'āinaʻoʻAmelika Komohana. Hoʻopiʻi ka pae 'Olumepika i kaʻilikai e holo mai ana mai ka Moana Pākīpika. ʻO kahi kahi i hoʻi hou ai ka kahe, ma ke Komohanaʻo North Seattle a hiki i Everett kahi , e hoʻomau ana i ka loiloi nui loa ma mua o ka hiki ke loli iki i kēlā mau mile he hema i ka hema. Kapaʻia kēia'āinaʻo "kahi convergence," kahi manawa e lohe pinepine aiʻoe i nā mākaʻikaʻi'ōuli o ke Komohana o West Washington.