#16 The Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest region includes Oregon, Washington and parts of Alaska. It's cut off from the rest of North America. For example the Klamath Mountains divides southern  Oregon from northern California. San Diego is further south, which is not part of this region. There is more rainfall in this area than in San Diego. Russian explorers  were the first settlers to explore. San Diego had Spanish explorers.

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