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| Geography |
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| Seattle is located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington.
West beyond the Sound, Seattle faces the Olympic Mountains;
across Lake Washington beyond the Eastside suburbs are the Issaquah
Alps and the Cascade Range. |
| The city itself is hilly, though not uniformly so. Some of
the hilliest areas are quite near the center, and Downtown rises
rather dramatically away from the water. The geography of Downtown
and its immediate environs has been significantly altered by
regrading projects, a seawall, and the construction of an artificial
island, Harbor Island, at the mouth of the city's industrial
Duwamish Waterway.
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| The rivers, forests, lakes, and fields were once rich enough
to support one of the world's few sedentary hunter-gatherer
societies. Today, a ship canal passes through the city, incorporating
Lake Union near the heart of the city and several other natural
bodies of water, and connecting Puget Sound to Lake Washington.
Opportunities for sailing, skiing, bicycling, camping, and hiking
are close by and accessible almost all of the year. |
| An active geological fault, the Seattle Fault, runs under
the city. It has not been the source of an earthquake during
Seattle's existence; however, the city has been hit by four
major earthquakes since its founding: December 14, 1872 (magnitude
7.3); April 13, 1949 (7.1); April 29, 1965 (6.5); and February
28, 2001 (6.8). See also Nisqually Earthquake. |
| Seattle is located at 47°37'35" North, 122°19'59"
West (47.626353, -122.333144). |
| According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has
a total area of 369.2 km² (142.5 mi²). 217.2 km²
(83.9 mi²) of it is land and 152.0 km² (58.7 mi²)
of it is water. The total area is 41.16% water. |
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