Geography - Western States (CA, NV, OR, WA)

Geography of Seattle, Tacoma, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Washington and The Cascades Northwest Washington and the Cascades refers to the Washington State portion of the Cascade Mountain Range and the western part of Washington State. Geography of San Francisco Bay Area, Carmel, Napa Valley, Central California Coast The central California coast region encompasses the area from Marin County in the north down to Pismo Beach in the south. Geography of San Diego, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Southern California The coastal area of southern California starts in the north at Santa Barbara and stretches south through Ventura County and Malibu. Geography of Palm Springs, Death Valley and the California Desert The California Desert region is a vast area that befits the grandeur and magnificence of the state, spreading like a blanket of desert and mountains between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and covering a very wide swathe of land from the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the north, to the border with Mexico in the south. Geography of Las Vegas, Lake Mead and the Nevada desert Las Vegas is situated in the Mojave Desert region in Clark County, Nevada, measuring roughly 600 square miles. The city itself is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the Spring Mountains.