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Landslide hazards in the Seattle, Washington, area

Rex Baum·Ed Harp·Lynn Highland
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The Seattle, Washington, area is known for its livability and its magnificent natural setting. The city and nearby communities are surrounded by an abundance of rivers and lakes and by the bays of Puget Sound. Two majestic mountain ranges, the Olympics and the Cascades, rim the region. These dramatic natural features are products of dynamic forces-landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, glaciers, volcanoes, and floods. The same processes that formed this beautiful landscape pose hazards to the ever-growing population of the region. Landslides long have been a major cause of damage and destruction to people and property in the Seattle area.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 47.62722312591712° to 47.64665567309623° latitude; -122.41928100585938° to -122.37567901611328° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Rex Baum, Ed Harp, Lynn Highland. 2007. Landslide hazards in the Seattle, Washington, area. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20073005

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