Evergreen State

Japanese: Evergreen State(英語表記)EvergreenState
Evergreen State

…The Cascade Mountains run north to south through the center of the state, and are home to Mount Rainier (4,392 meters above sea level, the surrounding area of ​​which is a national park), a volcano nicknamed "Tacoma Fuji," and North Cascades National Park. The state's nickname, the "Evergreen State," comes from the beautiful forests that are rich in evergreen trees such as Douglas fir, hemlock, and pine. The area west of the Cascade Mountains receives a lot of precipitation, and there are glaciers on the high mountains, but the inland area east of the Cascade Mountains is the Columbia Basin, which has a steppe climate, and is home to the Columbia River and its tributary, the Snake River. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Evergreen State" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中央部には南北にカスケード山脈が走り,〈タコマ富士〉の異名をとる火山レーニア山(標高4392mで周辺は国立公園)やノース・カスケーズ国立公園がある。ダグラスファー,ツガ,松などの常緑樹が多いみごとな森林が発達しているところから州の別名〈エバーグリーン(常緑)州Evergreen State〉が生まれた。カスケード山脈以西は降水量が多く,高山には氷河があるが,以東の内陸部はステップ気候のコロンビア盆地で,コロンビア川やその支流のスネーク川が流れる。…

※「Evergreen State」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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