Cascade Mountains

The Cascade Mountains are located in the central part of Washington state. It is wider in the North and as it comes down is gets smaller in the South. The Cascade Mountian Ranges are bordered by the Puget Sound Lowland, NorthWest Interior, and the Willipa Hills in the west, and in the east it is surrounded by the Okanogan Highland, and Central Washington, and to the north by Canada and the south by Oregon.
The Cascade Mountians were formed by three main forces, volcanos such as; Mt. Baker, Glacier Peak, Mt. Rainer, Mt. St. Helen, and Mt. Adams. Second force that shaped this region is uplifting and folding due to plate tectonics, and of course glaciers played a big part in this.
Major rivers for north to south are; Nooksack, Skagit, Sauc, Siliquannish, Skyhomish, Squannie, Puyallup, Nisqually, Cowlitz, Lewis, Columbia, Naches, and the Methow rivers, including one lake which is the Shalane Lake.

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