Cascadia
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The name Cascadia, which is derived from the Cascade Range, can refer to:
Generally:
In Geology:
- Cascadia subduction zone
- Cascadia earthquake in 1700
- Cascadia, the name used in the early 20th century for a landmass that was thought to exist in the recent geologic past in the northeast Pacific Ocean
- Cascadia Basin, a basin between the coast and Explorer Ridge, Juan de Fuca Ridge, and Gorda Ridge, covering a vast area offshore from approximately the Klamath Mountains to north of Vancouver Island
- Cascadian orogeny, the recent geologic "crustal unrest"
- A book title: McKee, Bates. Cascadia: the Geologic Evolution of the Pacific Northwest. McGraw-Hill Book Company: New York (1972)
Cities:
- Cascadia, Oregon, a ghost town
- Cascadia, Washington, a master planned community
Organizations and other uses:
- Cascadia or "Republic of Cascadia", a proposed independent country and its independence movement
- Cascadia, an alternative suggested name for the proposed State of Lincoln or East Washington
- Cascadia Experimental, a record label
- Cascadia Community College
- Amtrak Cascades, a railroad route
Cascadian can also mean:
- Cascadian English or Pacific Northwest English, a dialect of the English language spoken in the Pacific Northwest
