Coast Ranges, Cascades, Blue Mts, Wallowa Mts, Columbia Plateau
Peaks
Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters (North, South and Middle Sister volcanoes)
Depressions
Willamette Valley, Great Basin, Great Sandy Desert, Harney Basin
Lakes
Crater Lake, Goose Lake
Rivers
Columbia, Snake, Deschutes, John Day
Highest Point
Mount Hood
Bordering States
Washington (north), Idaho (east), Nevada (southeast), California (south)
National Parks
Crater Lake National Park
Key Products
Timber, Fish, Grass Seed
Natural Resources
Wood and Forests
Oregon - History
1805
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark reach the Pacific Ocean, and spend the winter in Oregon at Fort Clatsop.
1843
Settlers hearing of the fertile soils of the Willamette Valley reach Oregon via the Oregon Trail.
1859
Oregon gets enough population to become the 33rd state.
Present Day
Portland, located on the swirling waters of the Columbia, attracts millions of tourists each year due to its geographic location close to 160 state parks and brilliant views of snow-capped Mount Hood and the Cascade and Coast Ranges.
Oregon - Facts
Mount Mazama’s eruption in 4860 B.C caused the volcano to collapse into itself. This formed a large, circular depression which is today filled by Crater Lake, a tourist attraction protected in a national park. Crater Lake is the country’s deepest. A samll cone-shaped island known as Wizard Island jots through the center of the lake.
The D river, which flows into the Pacific Ocean near Lincoln City, is the world’s shortest river.
Hells Canyon, located on Oregon’s border with Idaho along the Snake River, is North America’s deepest canyon.