GCU 322 Reading Quiz 16 - Questions and Answers

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GCU 322 Reading Quiz 16 - Questions and Answers Within the coastal ranges, the _____ Mountains mass appears as a complicated and disordered complex of slopeland. It is wild and rugged country extend... ing inland to connect with the southern part of the Cascade Range. Klamath The influence of the sea is pervasive throughout the region, although it is somewhat subdued in such sheltered lowlands as Oregon's Willamette Valley and Vancouver Island's _____ coastal plain. Eastern The dominant farming activity of the region, and which accounts for a large part of all agricultural land, is Dairying In British Columbia _____ is an export worth several billion dollars per year, ranking with forest products and tourism as the leading businesses in the province. Marijuana The Coast Mountains of British Columbia plunge directly down to the coast without a fringing lowland, where they are incised by a remarkable series of long _____ and inlets. Fjords The Cascade Range, extending from _____ in northern California to southern British Columbia, is divided into southern and northern sections by the deep gorge of the Columbia River. Lassen Peak Around _____ cruises ply the Inside Passage each summer, and each ship carries several hundred passengers. 200 The federal government decreed a moratorium on timber cutting in some old-growth forests and greatly reduced the allowable cut in others, because of the apparent danger to the survival of the northern _____, an endangered species. spotted owl The southwest flank of the _____ Mountains, saturated in winter, has an average annual precipitation of 150 inches, the maximum for the conterminous United States. Olympic The western slope of the Cascades in US and the Coast Mountains of Canada gets nearly 100 inches of precipitation, mainly as: winter snows The city of Vancouver overcame its early rivalry with _____ for economic dominance of British Columbia and has grown to become Canada's top-ranking port. Victoria During the winter, gigantic cyclonic storm systems, which migrate eastward across the Pacific Basin, bring simultaneous rains for _____ miles north and south along this coastal region. 1,000 No highway or railway is found along most of the _____ coastline. British Columbia and Alaska The largest and best developed agricultural area in the region is the _____, with more than 2 million acres in crops. Willamette Valley On the Alaska panhandle, only _____ has land transport connections with the rest of the world. The others are all situated on islands or on mountain-girt peninsulas (and are thus only accessible by boat or plane). Skagway The deep and well-protected harbor at _____ requires no dredging and this city has long been a major Pacific-oriented port as well as the principal gateway to Alaska. Seattle The important _____ connections that the cities of the Northwest had made possible the exploitation of the great forest resources, which became important at around the beginning of the twentieth century and also contributed to the industrial development and urban growth of that part of the region. Rail Some 750 glaciers exist in the north Cascades, which is _____ of all the active glaciers in the conterminous states. Indeed, more than forty glaciers occur on Mount Rainier alone. two-thirds Oregon, Washington, and California were the leading lumber-producing states for many decades, but are now facing leadership challenges from several _____ states. Southeastern Farming in the British Columbia portion of this region is concentrated of the floodplain and delta of the _____ River and on southeastern Vancouver Island. [Show More]

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