For this assignment, I chose King County as the location. King County is located in the
state of Washington. Seattle, the nation’s largest city is also in this county. Seattle is a major seaport
that is surrounded by Puget Sound and Lake Washington, so its elevation is low
in the west of the county. Low elevation occurs in the west of King County, but
higher elevation occurs in the east. Puget Sound, Lake Washington, and Lake
Sammamish are large water bodies in the west of the county. Lake Washington is
the biggest lake in this county connects with several creeks and rivers. On the
other hand, Mount Daniel, Cascade Range, Mount Si, and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie
National Forest are in the eastern region which leads to
the existence of high elevation. Mount Daniel is the highest point in King
County with almost 8,000 feet above sea level. In addition, Cascade Range is a
huge range which extends from British Columbia, Canada to California, including
Washington and Oregon. A very important thing is that King County is
in the Pacific Ring of Fire; in other words, it is in the major
earthquake zone.
Extent
information:
Top:
47.7713888889
Left:
-122.444444444
Right:
-121.529166667
Bottom:
47.2811111111
Geographic
coordinate system:
North
American Datum of 1983 with UTM zone 10N
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