The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to … See more

The Northwest is still highly geologically active, with both active volcanoes and geologic faults.
The last known great earthquake in the northwest was the See more

Population
The overwhelming majority of the population of the Pacific Northwest is concentrated in the … See more

Definitions of the "Pacific Northwest" region vary, and even Pacific Northwesterners do not agree on the exact boundary. The most common conception includes the See more

Indigenous peoples
The Pacific Northwest has been occupied by a diverse array of indigenous peoples for millennia. The Pacific Coast is seen by some scholars as a … See more

The Pacific Northwest is a diverse geographic region, dominated by several mountain ranges, including the Coast Mountains, … See more

A major divide in political opinion separates the region's greatly more populated urban core and rural areas west of the mountains from its less populated rural areas to their east and (in British Columbia and Alaska) north. The coastal areas—especially … See more