|
Britain.tv Wikipedia - Washington (3396 words) |
 | Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. |
 | Washington is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west; Oregon to the south (the Columbia River forming most of this border); Idaho to the east and British Columbia, Canada to the north. |
 | The state legislature is composed of a lower House of Representatives and an upper State Senate, with 49 legislative districts apiece. |
| Washington: Map, History and Much More from Answers.com (5583 words) |
 | State (pop., 2000: 5,894,121), northwestern U.S. Washington is bounded by the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, Idaho to the east, Oregon to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. |
 | Washington's interior is a region of hard volcanic substructure, in many places scoured by glacial and river action, that is left largely dry by the shield the Cascades form against the Pacific winds; in some areas, as in the southeastern Palouse hills, loess deposits provide a basis for irrigated agriculture. |
 | State in the northwestern United States bordered by British Columbia, Canada, to the north; Idaho to the east; Oregon to the south; and the Pacific Ocean to the west. |